Tang Dynasty Tomb Guardian (Zhenmushou)

Description

618-906 CE (Tang Dynasty); Accession number: MH 1960.5.J.OI; Materials: Stoneware; with tan-green glaze and remnants of polychromy; View this object on the Collections Database: [http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=all&t=objects&type=ext&f=&s=&record=0&id_number=MH+1960.5.J&op-earliest_year=%3E%3D&op-latest_year=%3C%3D](http://) Credit Line: Gift of Nathan Chaikin Description: Seated leonine chimera, a tomb guardian creature with wings and spiked spine, with remnant of red pigments. Photography and photogrammetry by Laura Shea, Digital Collections Coordinator & Museum Photographer, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Ma, 01069