Guardian Standing on a Demon

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Artist Unknown

Culture Chinese

Title Guardian Standing on a Demon

Date 7th–10th century

Medium Earthenware and pigments and clay

Dimensions Overall (with mount): 19 1/2 × 7 7/8 × 5 1/8 in. (49.5 × 20 × 13 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 62.7

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Derived from Indian Buddhist traditions this guardian figure with armor, felt boots, and buldging muscles would have been one of a pair guarding a Chinese tomb and its occupants.

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