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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.187.1
Title
Guardian Creature with Human Face, from the tomb sculpture set: Pair of Guardian Creatures with Spiked Spines, One with a Human Face, One with a Feline Face
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
funerary sculpture
Date
first third 6th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Northern Wei, 386-534
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/146757

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Molded, medium gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
Dimensions
37.5 x 35.5 x 20.5 cm (14 3/4 x 14 x 8 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Anthony M. Solomon
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.187.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Virginia Bower, From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M. Solomon, exh. cat., ed. Robert D. Mowry, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., 2002), p. 90, cat. no. 18

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