SculptureChinese

PHOENIX AND LION

Classification

Sculpture

Culture

Chinese

Period

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Sculpture

Standing Male Court Attendant Wearing Official's Headgear and Upturned Shoes, His Hands Clasped at the Waist and Concealed within His Long Sleeves

Unknown Artist, 2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE

Molded, medium gray earthenware

2nd-1st century BCEChinese

Sculpture

Female Court Musician Clapping Her Hands, from the tomb sculpture set: Four Kneeling, Female Court Musicians (One with a 'Pipa', or Lute, and One with Cymbals), Each of the Four with a High-Waisted, Striped Dress or Skirt and with Long Hair Arranged in Two Buns

Unknown Artist, 7th century

Molded, white earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments

7th centuryChinese

Sculpture

Flying Apsaras Playing Cymbals

Unknown Artist, first half 6th century

Gilt bronze

6th centuryChinese

Sculpture

Kneeling Apsaras Playing a Drum

Unknown Artist, first half 6th century

Gilt bronze

6th centuryChinese

Sculpture

Tomb Figurine in the Form of a Standing, Plump Court Lady with Upturned, Pointed Shoes and an Elaborate Coiffure, Her Hands in a Gesture at Chest Level

Unknown Artist, mid 8th century

Molded, reddish buff earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments over white ground

8th centuryChinese

Sculpture

Young Boy Holding a "Ruyi" Scepter

Unknown Artist, probably 17th-early 18th century

Molded porcelain with pale bluish glaze

17th-18th centuryChinese

Sculpture

Tomb Model in the Form of a Small Out Building

Unknown Artist, 1st-3rd century

Green lead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with openwork elements under partially degraded emerald-green, lead glaze; with modern brush-written characters on the base reading "T'o-sông-ni". Reportedly recovered at Lelang (also spelled Lo-lang; Korean, Naknang), near T'o-sông-ni, southwest of P'yôngyang, Korea.

1st-3rd century CEChinese

Sculpture

Funerary Model of a Well Head with Decoration of Real and Auspicious Animals

Unknown Artist, 2nd cent. BCE-1st cent. BCE

Molded medium gray earthenware

2nd-1st century BCEChinese

Sculpture

Standing, Bearded, Foreign Groom Wearing Boots, Pointed Hat, and Tiger-Skin Trousers

Unknown Artist, 7th century

Lead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze and with cold-painted pigments over the glaze; the striped trousers and the top of the hat unglazed with cold-painted pigments on the exposed body clay

7th centuryChinese