Head of a Lion

Medium

Porcelain with ivory white glaze (Ding ware)

Dimensions

H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); W. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm); D. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

China · Northern Song dynasty (960–1127)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1985

Accession Number

1985.214.131

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