Unknown Chinese
Figure of a Western Man on a Guardian Lion

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CultureChinese

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Figure of a Western Man on a Guardian Lion

Datec. 1700–1720

Made inJingdezhen, China , Asia

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

Dimensions11 × 8 × 4 in. (27.9 × 20.3 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.59.49

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Ceramics Study Room

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionThis figure is of a Dutchman sitting side straddle on the back of a guardian lion. He holds in his hands a ribbon tied to a brocade ball resting in his lap. In traditional Chinese culture, a ball like this one is associated with a male lion.
Provenance[John J. Klejman (1906–1995), by May 6, 1959]; purchased by [Ginsburg & Levy, May 6, 1959–June 22, 1959]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1959; given to MFAH, by 1966.
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