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Figure of a heavenly king
There are Four Heavenly Kings, each of whom watches over one of the cardinal directions of the world. They are muscled, grim-looking figures who protect the Buddhist faith against threats from every direction.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Medium
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 618 - 906
- 0618/0906
- 0618/0906
Place-Time
- 7th century
- 8th century
- 9th century
- first quarter 10th century
Places
- China
- China
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.403
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.collect.932
- AK-MAK-80
Extent
- height 6.8 cm
- width 3.6 cm
- depth 1.5 cm
- height 9.0 cm
- width 4.0 cm
- depth 2.9 cm
Format
- bronze (metal)
- gilding (material)
- Bronze
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: China (collectie)
- collection: sculptures
- collectie: beeldhouwwerken
Consists of
- AK-MAK-80-1
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:03:13.012Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:00:42.442Z