IDENTIFIERS
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id:	20960
accession number:	C.588-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 26 November 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Lokopala (tomb warrior) trampling a demon on a rocky base. Orange earthenware, moulded with white, cold paint coating, red details and black inked details, and traces of green paint.
The guardian wears a tall, elaborate headdress and armour, with a fierce expression on his face.  His right hand is on his hip and his left arm raised with a clenched fist.  His left leg tramples on a demon's head and his right leg stands on its bottom.  Cold painted details in red are applied to parts of the clothing and mouth. Traces of green paint are on waist decoration.
title:	figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased from Garrabed, October 1923 by Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d.1950) for £3.0s.0d; the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	H.S. Reitlinger
creditline: Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/20960

PEOPLE
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warrior
demon




TECHNIQUES
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earthenware, moulded with cold paint decoration, red details and black inked details
moulding

CATEGORIES
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category: earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	700 - 800
creation date earliest:	700
creation date latest:	800
culture:	Tang Dynasty (618-907)
culture:	8th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 17

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 52



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Chinese Ceramics Recent and Rare
CITATIONS
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Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art
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