Top of a Bell in the Form of a Demon King or Guardian
Indonesia (Java)
Eastern Javanese period, ca. second half of 12th–early
13th century
Bronze: H. 4 15/16 in. (125cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Samuel Eilenberg Collection
, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 (1987.142.17)
Khubilai Khan sent Marco Polo on several inspection tours
throughout China and beyond its borders, including missions
to the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, the eastern parts
of Tibet,
and Pagan.
All these lands were ruled by relatives or officials of the
Great Khan or kings who paid tribute to him.
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