Tomb Guardians
Two glazed earthenware guardian figures stand on lobed bases, each with a flaming crest and fierce face. Green, amber, cream and blue sancai glazes run over their bodies, with wings and clawed feet visible. Shown as a front and side pair against a dark ground.
Look closer: Clawed feet and a small wing edge are visible at the lower sides of the figures.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- early 700s
- Medium
- glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color) ware
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 2431 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 725).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange)