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Lion-form Sculpture Base

Artist/Maker
Date9th–10th century
MediumGilded bronze with green patina
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (19.1 × 11.4 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineR. T. Miller Jr. Fund in memory of W. F. Bohn
Object number1948.289
Status
Not on view
Exhibition History
Chinese Buddhist Bronzes
  • University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (April 13, 1950 - May 7, 1950 )
The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (January 8, 1957 - February 17, 1957 )
Masterpieces of Chinese Art from American Collections
  • The J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (January 18, 1965 - February 21, 1965 )
Treasures from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (July 21, 1966 - September 11, 1966 )
Masterpieces of Asian Art in American Collections II
  • Asia House Gallery, Asia Society, Inc., New York (April 16, 1970 - June 14, 1970 )
Animals in Art, East and West
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 13, 1979 - January 7, 1980 )
Chinese Gold and Silver from the Tang Dynasty from American Collections
  • The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (November 3, 1984 - January 6, 1985 )
  • Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York (February 5, 1985 - April 21, 1985 )
  • George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA (June 1, 1985 - July 14, 1985 )
  • Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL (August 9, 1985 - September 22, 1985 )
When Words Meet Pictures: East Asian Painting and Sculpture
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 25, 1994 - November 15, 1994 )
Chinese and Japanese Art from Antiquity to the Present
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 17, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
Collections
  • Asian
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