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Monster Caryatid
Monster Caryatid
鬼神
late 500s
Stone
Overall: 28 x 40 cm (11 x 15 3/4 in.)
Anonymous Gift 1957.357
Location
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The complex of Buddhist cave temples at Xiangtangshan, “Mountain of Echoing Halls,” is a central achievement of the Northern Qi period.
Description
This crouching monster with bent knees and hands on knees is framed between two overhanging moldings, top and bottom. Likely from the cave-temple complex at Xiangtangshan, it originally would have been placed below some wall niches on the perimeter.
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