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85-37-31
From: China | Sichuan | Leshan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 85-37-31 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Sichuan | Leshan |
| Date Made | 1930's |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Ink | Rice Paper |
| Iconography | Tiger | Winged Lion |
| Description | Leaping Tiger from Tomb 8 from Shiziwan, Leshan. Likely a depiction of the tiger of the west, one of the four directional animals which often appear in Han funerary art. It could also be a winged lion. Black ink on rice paper. From Han tomb reliefs. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Anneliese Gutkind-Bulling, 1985 |
| Other Number | 33 - Other Number |
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