GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Representations of fantastic beasts such as the chimera were placed in Chinese tombs to protect the dead from evil in the afterlife. With its highly sculpted surface and animated painting, swirling mane, crouching stance, pointed ears, and bulging eyes, this guardian confronts the viewer, daring him to pass. The square socket behind the neck indicates that the beast originally supported something, perhaps a standard.
Adapted from
"Chimera," in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection, ed. Suzanne Kotz (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997), 38.
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1995: Dallas Museum of Art, anonymous gift, purchased from Christian Boehm Oriental Art, London [1]
[1] See invoice dated September 19, 1995 in Collections Records object file.
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General Description
Representations of fantastic beasts such as the chimera were placed in Chinese tombs to protect the dead from evil in the afterlife. With its highly sculpted surface and animated painting, swirling mane, crouching stance, pointed ears, and bulging eyes, this guardian confronts the viewer, daring him to pass. The square socket behind the neck indicates that the beast originally supported something, perhaps a standard.
Adapted from
"Chimera," in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection, ed. Suzanne Kotz (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997), 38.
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Notes
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
1995: Dallas Museum of Art, anonymous gift, purchased from Christian Boehm Oriental Art, London [1]
[1] See invoice dated September 19, 1995 in Collections Records object file.
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