Seated lion
This noble lion may have been one of a pair flanking a Buddhist deity.
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This noble lion may have been one of a pair flanking a Buddhist deity.
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六朝 鎏金銅獅(佛造像殘件)
Title: Seated lion
Period: Six Dynasties (220–589)
Date: 6th century
Culture: China
Medium: Bronze with traces of gilding
Dimensions: H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1942
Accession Number: 42.25.32
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