Caption

Tiger — tomb figurine; creator, Chinese; Western Zhou dynasty 11th century–771 BC; tomb figurine depicting a tiger; materials/technique: sculpture/figurine; subjects: animals, zodiac signs, buttons; dimensions: height 2.6 cm, width 13.8 cm, depth 4.9 cm; weight 0.34 kg., A horizontally oriented, rounded cylindrical stone object with worn carved patterns visible along its surface, showing a banded appearance with shades of beige, tan, gray, and blue-green; the surface has weathered texture with patches of darker brown and subtle mottling, and the carved lines form curved and linear motifs along the length against a plain light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_355

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.3Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4499 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tiger tomb figurine creator Chinese Western Zhou dynasty 11th century–771 BC tomb figurine depicting tiger materials technique sculpture figurine subjects animals zodiac signs buttons dimensions height 2.6 cm width 13.8 cm depth 4.9 cm weight 0.34 kg horizontally oriented rounded cylindrical stone object worn carved patterns visible surface showing banded appearance shades beige tan gray blue-green weathered texture patches darker brown subtle mottling carved lines form curved linear motifs length plain light gray background.