Guardian Lion / Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.12
- Title
- Guardian Lion
- Artist Nationality
- Cambodian
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Cambodia (nation)
- probably Angkor
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Cambodia (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- probably Angkor
- Dimensions
- 81.5 cm x 35 cm x 44.5 cm (32 1/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. x 17 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 12th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- model
- Physical Description
- A buff sandstone sculpture of a lion, sitting erect with its front legs extended, all on a stone platform. The legs have been fully released from the stone, while surface details such as the curly mane and the tail are carved in low relief. In keeping with its role as a guardian figure, the lion has buldging eyes and its lips are drawn back to reveal sharp teeth.
- Subject Matter
- A stylized lion, of the type that originally stood at the base of stairways to temple buildings of the Khmer empire in Cambodia of the 9th through 13th centuries.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- mammals
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2016 x 2838
- File Size
- 761 KB
- Record
- 2004/2.12
- Link to this Item
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"Guardian Lion; Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-2.12/2004_2_12vw1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024.