Jar with Three Lions Playing with Balls and Ribbons
This jar painted in underglaze cobalt blue depicts three bounding lions among the waving tassels of brocaded balls. Lions are Buddhist guardians and are often portrayed as they are here playing with a ball or ribbons. The jar has a bulbous body with high shoulders, waisted sid...
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5698
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object
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normalized
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William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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CC0
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en
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3
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import
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