Statens museer för världskultur - Östasiatiska museet
Siren, Osvald
nya sommarpalatset
Osvald Siren
Peking
Wanshoushan
skulptur, Sommarpalatset (颐和园), staty, Fotografi, Photograph
1.3.0 2026-08-05 skulptur, Sommarpalatset (颐和园), staty, Fotografi, Photograph Rådata 200136 Bildarkiv Statens museer för världskultur - Östasiatiska museet SMVK-OM Bild http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/Bildarkiv/200136 005025 Illustrated: 260:623A, B; 314:127B Sirén, Osvald (1930). A history of early Chinese art. 3, Sculpture. Ernest Benn, Sirén, Osvald (1925). Chinese sculpture from the fifth to the fourteenth century: over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from Northern China., Torrengöring med mjuk pensel. Placerad i Fototek syrafria fotopåsar., Guardian lion in front of a temple near the Summer Palace. White Marble. One of two kirin statues. Standing on a high pedestal, in front of the temple at the foot of Longevity Hill (near the Summer Palace). They are obviously made in the style of the ancient period. The shape, wings, and flame decoration on the body remind us of the kirin in front of Liang's tomb, but the carving time is obviously later, most likely not earlier than the Ming Dynasty, and the shape of the pedestal also proves this. The material is white marble. The book records many Beijing sculptures and mentions: "Many heads (in the Tianlongshan Grottoes) were cut off and shipped to Europe via Beijing." This shows that Beijing at that time gathered representative works of Chinese sculptures from all over the country, and foreigners in Beijing also had a variety of Chinese sculpture collections. (https://wapbaike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/content?id=7e4db741461a774e5dd90c38, retrieved 2024), (China) Ming dynasty (1368-1644 CE) Fotograferad Asien, Kina, Beijing (Peking) Sirén, Osvald image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/tn/421098/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/zoom/421097/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by-nc-nd Sirén, Osvald Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/tn/1213429/005025%28pasikter%29.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/zoom/1213428/005025%28pasikter%29.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by-nc-nd Sirén, Osvald Statens museer för världskultur http://libris.kb.se/bib/2034853 http://libris.kb.se/bib/2367572 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q860861 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11634 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4132 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q179700 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1072863 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/Bildarkiv/html/200136 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/Bildarkiv/xml/200136 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/Bildarkiv/rdf/200136
Publicerad
Illustrated: 260:623A, B; 314:127B
Referens, publicerad i
Sirén, Osvald (1930). A history of early Chinese art. 3, Sculpture. Ernest Benn
Sirén, Osvald (1925). Chinese sculpture from the fifth to the fourteenth century: over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from Northern China.
Konserveringsåtgärd / Utförd
Torrengöring med mjuk pensel. Placerad i Fototek syrafria fotopåsar.
Beskrivning, engelska
Guardian lion in front of a temple near the Summer Palace. White Marble. One of two kirin statues. Standing on a high pedestal, in front of the temple at the foot of Longevity Hill (near the Summer Palace). They are obviously made in the style of the ancient period. The shape, wings, and flame decoration on the body remind us of the kirin in front of Liang's tomb, but the carving time is obviously later, most likely not earlier than the Ming Dynasty, and the shape of the pedestal also proves this. The material is white marble. The book records many Beijing sculptures and mentions: "Many heads (in the Tianlongshan Grottoes) were cut off and shipped to Europe via Beijing." This shows that Beijing at that time gathered representative works of Chinese sculptures from all over the country, and foreigners in Beijing also had a variety of Chinese sculpture collections. (https://wapbaike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/content?id=7e4db741461a774e5dd90c38, retrieved 2024)
Period, engelska
(China) Ming dynasty (1368-1644 CE)
Motivord
skulptur
Sommarpalatset (颐和园)
staty
Sakord
Sakord, engelska
Bildarkivnummer
Fotograferad
Asien
Kina
Beijing (Peking)
Sirén, Osvald
Statens museer för världskultur