Statuette

Object Number:

80-5-1

Current Location:

China Gallery

Culture:

Chinese
Taoist

Provenience:

China
Jiangxi
Longhushan
Grave

Period:

Song Dynasty

Date Made:

Song Dynasty

Early Date:

960

Late Date:

1279

Section:

Asian

Materials:

Clay

Technique:

Unglazed

Iconography:

Guardian Figure
Armor

Description:

Figure from part of a set of 27 from a Daoist tomb in the Longhushan area of Kiangxi Province. Unglazed figure of guardian, wearing full quilted armor, and elaborate helmet. Around his neck is curled a snake like, four footed dragon, its head held in the guardian's right hand, tail in the left.

Credit Line:

Purchased from the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington