Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
a) On grey-white cloud-shaped base, the animal stands with mouth open, one foreleg raised with lion cub as support. A small vertical tube at rear of animal for joss stick. Predominantly yellow glaze, with brown, green and black details.
b) Almost identical; raised foreleg is supported by a rod from which ball is missing. Read vertical tube missing.
Credit Line
Gift of Paul Manheim
Date
1662–1722
Accession Number
1968-155-3-a,b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
Figure
Type
Figure
Medium
Glazed stoneware
Dimensions
H x W x D (a): 10 x 8 x 4.4 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
H x W x D (b): 10 x 7.8 x 4 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
made in
China
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1968-155-3-a_b