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85-37-31

From: China | Sichuan | Leshan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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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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