# Guardian Lion

- By: Khmer
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/149085)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/c87cb5d2-4409-b98e-36d1-ed77cb520b04/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)