Zhenmushou 鎮墓獸 (tomb-guardian animal)
Zhenmushou 鎮墓獸 (tomb-guardian animal)
Zhenmushou 鎮墓獸 (tomb-guardian animal)
Zhenmushou 鎮墓獸 (tomb-guardian animal)
Zhenmushou 鎮墓獸 (tomb-guardian animal)
Zhenmushou 鎮墓獸 (tomb-guardian animal)

On view

Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Zhenmushou 鎮墓獸 (tomb-guardian animal)

Chinese
Western Jin dynasty, 265–317 CE
y1948-14

Information

Title
Zhenmushou 鎮墓獸 (tomb-guardian animal)
Medium
Earthenware with pigment
Dimensions
h. 31 cm x w. 33 cm x d. 12 cm. (12 3/16 x 13 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1948-14
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Western Jin
Type
tomb figures, funerary art, ceramics
Materials
earthenware, pigment
Subject
beasts

[Alice Boney (1901–1988), New York ]; [Yamanaka, New York]; [Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Miller et al. Sale, April 7, 1948, lot 176]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 1948.

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