Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1924.65.22
Title
Head of a Guardian Figure
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
probably 9th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu), Khara Khoto
Culture
Central Asian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210089

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sun-dried clay with traces of pigment
Dimensions
23.3 x 22 cm (9 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, First Fogg Expedition to China (1923-1924)
Accession Year
1924
Object Number
1924.65.22
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

  • Deborah Klimburg-Salter, The Silk Route and The Diamond Path, exh. cat., Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery (Los Angeles, 1982), p. 119 and p. 115; fig. 39.
  • Robert N. Linrothe, "New Delhi and New England: Old Collections of Tangut Art", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, April 1996), vol. 27, no. 4, p. 37, fig. 14

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu