An Imposing Black-Marble Lion of Tang Dynasty
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Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pre AD 1000: Item # 866740
Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pre AD 1000: Item # 866740
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Description:
A black-marble lion was in crouching posture.
Being rendered by excellent carving skill, the lion was in fierce look by bulge eyes, bared teeth and tongue.
Even though excavated with imperfections, the lion was still momentum by his strenuous muscle, the strong limbs and the flouring manes.
Bing preserved with original condition from excavation, the lion was perfectly fit to a custom-made brass base which was desighed and hammered by a modern metal artist. It made the ancient beast to be alive on display as a great statue.
In a true beauty of imperfection, the ancient sculpture still exemplified the characteristic spirits of Sui/Tang periods when Persian cultures was affluent in China.
Date: Sui/Tang period(6th/8th Century),
Material: black marble,
Provenance: Hebei province,
Height: 15.3cm including base, and 11.8cm without base.
Description:
A black-marble lion was in crouching posture.
Being rendered by excellent carving skill, the lion was in fierce look by bulge eyes, bared teeth and tongue.
Even though excavated with imperfections, the lion was still momentum by his strenuous muscle, the strong limbs and the flouring manes.
Bing preserved with original condition from excavation, the lion was perfectly fit to a custom-made brass base which was desighed and hammered by a modern metal artist. It made the ancient beast to be alive on display as a great statue.
In a true beauty of imperfection, the ancient sculpture still exemplified the characteristic spirits of Sui/Tang periods when Persian cultures was affluent in China.
Date: Sui/Tang period(6th/8th Century),
Material: black marble,
Provenance: Hebei province,
Height: 15.3cm including base, and 11.8cm without base.