Head of a Lion

Shishi tôbu
獅子頭部　一個

Japanese

Nanbokuchô period

14th century

Medium/Technique Japanese cypress with gold

Dimensions 30 x 30.6 x 45.5 cm (11 13/16 x 12 1/16 x 17 15/16 in.) (h x w x d)

Credit Line Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund

Accession Number03.1144

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsSculpture

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 56

ProvenancePurchased of Yamanaka & Co., Boston