File:China, probably Shaanxi province, Xi'an, Tang dynasty - Tomb Guardians - 2000.118 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
Size of this JPG preview of this TIF file: 426 × 599 pixels. Other resolutions: 171 × 240 pixels | 341 × 480 pixels | 546 × 768 pixels | 729 × 1,024 pixels | 1,457 × 2,048 pixels | 4,911 × 6,901 pixels.
Original file (4,911 × 6,901 pixels, file size: 96.98 MB, MIME type: image/tiff)
 | This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
Summary
Tomb Guardians
(   ) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title |
Tomb Guardians |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object type | ceramic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
With their fierce expressions and exaggerated physical features, these two fantastic guardian creatures were intended to guard the entrance to a tomb, warding off evil as well as keeping the soul of the deceased from wandering. Known as "earth spirits" or qitou, they are markedly different in appearance: one has an animal face and a pair of antlers growing above its eyebrows; the other sports a human face with huge protruding ears and a short horn surrounded by fiery, twisting hair. Their many elongated spikes heighten the fearful intensity. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | early 700s | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color) ware | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Part 1: 92.3 x 43.8 x 41.9 cm (36 5/16 x 17 1/4 x 16 1/2 in.); Part 2: 88.9 x 41 x 50.8 cm (35 x 16 1/8 x 20 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current location |
Chinese Art |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number |
2000.118 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of creation | China, probably Shaanxi province, Xi'an, Tang dynasty (618-907) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
|
This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
|
|
This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 22:01, 4 March 2019 |  | 4,911 × 6,901 (96.98 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
File usage
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):
Global file usage
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on www.wikidata.org