Roaring Buddhistic Lion, by anonymous, 618 - 907
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Roaring Buddhistic Lion

Also titled Brullende boeddhistische leeuw

anonymous

618 - 907

Medium
earthenware, putty (sealing compound)
Classification
miniature
Dimensions
height 7.2 cm x diameter 4.7 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of dr. K. de Jong and I. de Roode, 2021)
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

De leeuw zit op een lage cirkelvormige basis, zijn kop omhoog en met een bloemvormige (?) bel om zijn nek.