IDENTIFIERS
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id:	20973
accession number:	C.594-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 3 February 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Lokopala (tomb guardian) on a raised base. White earthenware, moulded, partially lead-glazed in green, yellow and tan, cold painted details and traces of red pigment. The figure stands with its right leg slightly forward. Its right arm is raised and fist clenched, whilst the left hand rests on its hip. The figure's hair is in a bun on top of the head. There are traces of red pigment on the hair and face, around the eyes, nose and mouth.  Hollow.
title:	figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased from Foster 1922, by Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d.1950) for £3.10s.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/20973

PEOPLE
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guardian




TECHNIQUES
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earthenware, moulded, partially lead-glazed in brown, yellow and tan with cold paint details and traces of red pigment
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: Height
units: cm
value: 42.9

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 17.6



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Chinese Ceramics Recent and Rare
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