About This Artwork
Armored Guardian (Tomb Figure), Tang dynasty (A.D. 618-906), first half of 8th century
Buff earthenware with polychromy and gilding
96.5 cm (38 in.)
Gift of Russell Tyson, 1943.1139
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
Elinor L. Pearlstein and Ulak, James T. Asian Art in The Art Institute of Chicago (The Art Institute of Chicago,1993), p. 47; pp. 48, 49 (ill.), p. 148.
Virginia L. Bower, “Two Masterworks of Tang Ceramic Sculpture,” Orientations 24, 6 (June 1993), pp. 72-74, p. 72, fig. 2, p. 73, fig. 2a.
The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide (rev. ed). The Art Institute of Chicago, 2003, p. 67 (ill.).