Figure of Foo Lion
Artist
Unknown
CultureChinese | Kang Xi | Qing Dynasty
Date1662-1722
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
Base: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Base: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Gabrielle P. Hubbard in Memory of William L. Parker and Sarah Harrison Parker and J.W. Hubbard, Jr.
Object number91.60A
Not on view
DescriptionOne of pair of Foo Lions. Both are decorated with famille verte enamels of exceptional quality of color and texture; brilliant enamels on biscuit in green, black, aubergine, and yellow. Green predominates. The character "Wang" (King) on foreheads in white biscuit under a black disc; coiled knob curls on top of heads and framing jaws; loose eyes in sockets. These are male and female Foo lions; male has paw on a ball, female has paw on her cub.Exhibition History"Bestial Angels", William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA, December 2, 1995-January 20, 1996; Fine Arts Center of the Portsmouth Museums, Portsmouth, VA, March 7-April 21, 1996. Published ReferencesCarolyn Byler, BESTIAL ANGELS (Abingdon, VA: William King Regional Arts Center, 1995), Fig. 6, p. 6 (b/w ill.).
Unknown
late 17th - early 18th century
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