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This regal lion, who steps on lotus blossoms atop an altar table, may have served as the mount for a figure of the bodhisattva Manjushri, the Buddhist embodiment of transcendent wisdom.
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唐 鎏金青銅獅子
Title: Lion
Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
Date: 8th century
Culture: China
Medium: Bronze with traces of gilding
Dimensions: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1942
Accession Number: 42.25.31
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