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Divine Guardian
Divine Guardian

Divine Guardian

7th century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueLimestone with traces of polychrome
Dimensions174 x 75 x 30 cm (68 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit LineJulia Bradford Huntington James Fund, Moses Kimball Fund, Chinese and Japanese Special Fund, Gift of Mrs. W. Scott Fitz and General Funds
Accession number36.138
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceFrom the Longmen caves, Luoyang, Henan, China. 1936, exchanged with Yamanaka and Co., New York, by the MFA. (Accession Date: February 6, 1936)


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