Tomb figure of a lion
date: label: Date
content: first half of 8th century
label: Period
content: Tang dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Pottery with "three-color" glaze. Clay: buff white. Glaze: mottled blue, yellow and white with fine crackle. Earth adhesions. Decoration: modelled figure of a lion biting its right hind leg and seated on a rock; three large round perforations in sides of rock.
label: Provenance
content: To 1929
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Co., Washington, DC [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1929
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka & Co., Washington, DC in April 1929 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese and Korean Ceramics (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: lion
label: Topic
content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: earthenware
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1929.15
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Earthenware with lead-silicate glazes tinted with iron, copper, and cobalt
label: Dimensions
content: H: 19 cm (7 1/2 in)