Greenware lion and a figure holding a music instrument, riding on a smaller lion

Details

• Title

  Greenware lion and a figure holding a music instrument, riding on a smaller lion

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Hunan province › Changsha (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  9th - 10th century AD (AD 801 - 1000)
  Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, modelled, with iron-brown decoration under a green glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  formed › modelled;

  glazed

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  7.5 x 8 x 8 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.1010

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