Heavenly Guardian (Tianlong babu 天龍八部)
Heavenly Guardian (Tianlong babu 天龍八部)

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Heavenly Guardian (Tianlong babu 天龍八部),

1958–63

James C. Lo Workshop
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present | copy after wall painting, Early Tang dynasty, 618–704
2012-135

Information

Title
Heavenly Guardian (Tianlong babu 天龍八部)
Dates

1958–63

Maker
James C. Lo Workshop
Medium
Sheet; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
99.2 x 78.8 cm. (39 1/16 x 31 in.) frame: 105.1 × 84.5 × 5.1 cm (41 3/8 × 33 1/4 × 2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lucy L. Lo
Object Number
2012-135
Place Made

China, Gansu province, Dunhuang, Mogao Caves

Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
cave paintings, paintings, copies (derivitive objects)
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
security guards, figures (representations), men

–2012 Lucy L. Lo (West Windsor, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2012.

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