Guardian King

CultureChinese

Dateearly-mid-8th century C.E.

MediumEarthenware, "sancai" glaze

DimensionsOverall: 32 1/2 inches (82.55 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Joyce C. Hall Funds of the Community Foundation, the Joyce C. Hall Estate, the Donald J. Hall Designated Fund of the Community Foundation, the Barbara Hall Marshall Designated Fund, and the Elizabeth Ann Reid Donor Advisory Fund

Object numberF83-8/9

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionA tall stoneware figure of a Lokapala Guardian of one of the quarters of the Buddhis Heaven, represented as a fierce warrior encased in right armor and brown headdress with floral medallion in the center, standing in an attitude of triumph on the body of a dwarf. Rock base. Blued, yellow, green, brown, cream, and amber glazes.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Bountiful Decade: Selected Acquisitions, 1977–1987, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Mo. 14 October – 6 December 1987.

Provenance

Braganza Investments, Ltd.;

Purchased from Braganza Investments, Ltd. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1983.

Published References

Roger Ward, ed., A Bountiful Decade: Selected Acquisitions, 1977-1987, exh. cat. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1987), 85, pl. 33 (repro.).

Ellen R. Goheen, The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988), 160 (repro.).

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 293 (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 329, pl. 142 (repro.).

Colin Mackenzie, with contributions by Ling-En Lu, Masterworks of Chinese art: the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Mo.: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2011), 50-55, no. 13 (repro.).

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