Guardian Warrior (Heavenly King) Maker: Unknown

8th century CE

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Molded white earthenware with cold-painted pigments

Dimensions

41 1/2 × 20 × 8 in. (105.41 × 50.8 × 20.32 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow

Accession Number

2012.129.3

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Tang dynasty (618–907 C.E.)

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
With TK Asian Antiquities, New York, by November 2003; sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., and New York, November 16, 2003 (R-L inv. no. C0304 11); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2012
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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