Guardian Lion

Khmer

Angkor period, 10th‒12th century

Medium

Sandstone

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

83.9 × 31.8 × 45.8 cm (33 × 12 1/2 × 18 in.)

Culture

Southeast Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia

Credit line

Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Sculpture
• Animals
• 10th century
• Black, white and grey