| Object Number |
C399 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Chinese | Buddhist |
| Provenience |
China | Henan |
| Period |
Tang Dynasty |
| Date Made |
Tang Dynasty |
| Section |
Asian |
| Materials |
Stone |
| Technique |
Carved |
| Iconography |
Guardian |
| Description |
Stone statuette of Buddhist guardian. Hard black stone with deep grey patina. The figure is nude to the waist and the thick neck and broad muscular chest appear massive. Similar to C398 but most of the weight is on the left leg and both arms are broken at elbow. Pair with C398. |
| Height |
54.61 cm |
| Credit Line |
Gift of C. T. Loo, 1921 |
| Other Number |
Getz 21 - Other Number | CG98-1-54B - Found in Collection Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Jayne, Horace H. "The Chinese Collections of The University Museum: A Handbook of the Principal Objects." The University Museum Bulletin 9, no. 2-3. (1941): 9-50. See: p. 59 |
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| Siren, Osvald. Chinese sculpture from the fifth to the fourteenth century; over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from northern China. London: E. Benn, Ltd., 1925. See: pg. 131, Plate 480B |
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| Getz, John. The University Museum Section of Oriental Art. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1917. See: No. 21 |
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| Jayne, Horace F. "Appendix II." The University Museum Bulletin IX, no. 2-3. (1941): 58-62. See: p. 58 |
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