Guardian Lion

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Angkor period, 10th‒12th century

Cambodia or Thailand

Status: On View, Gallery 142
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Khmer
Title: Guardian Lion
Place: Southeast Asia (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 901 CE–1200
Medium: Sandstone
Dimensions: 83.9 × 31.8 × 45.8 cm (33 × 12 1/2 × 18 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
Reference Number: 1997.713
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Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997), 256 (plate), 349, cat. 345.

Art Institute of Chicago, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Aug. 2–Oct. 26, 1997, cat. 345.

Probably with James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka, IL, by 1990; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, IL, 1990 [publicly promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, April 13, 1998.

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