Details
CollectionChinese Collection
Object numberNU80092-0
TitleCarving of a Bamboo
DescriptionCARVED BAMBOO FIGURINE of a Lohan taming a lion, a work fashioned out of a thick junk of bamboo root with figure seated on simulated rock as base right leg bent and standing upright, left leg bent and laid flat right arm bent in from of chest with hand gripping a ball, and left arm stretched downward and palm rested in head of the lion, snuggling to his side; figure depicted with an austere facial expression, bald-headed, barefooted, bared torso, round the waist, reaching below the knee. Qing period.
Object categoryMiscellaneous
MaterialBamboo
Dimensions
H: 16 cm
L: 10 cm
L: 10 cm