File:Japan, Kamakura Period - Pair of Guardian Kings (Niō) - 1972.158 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif

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Pair of Guardian Kings (Niō)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Pair of Guardian Kings (Niō)
Object type sculpture
object_type QS:P31,Q860861
Description
These wrathful protectors of Buddhism would have once stood within the sides of the main entrance gate to a temple. One has an open mouth that intones the sound ah, and symbolizes the beginning, or life.One has a closed mouth that intones the sound un, and symbolizes the end, or death.
Date 1200s
date QS:P571,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Medium Chestnut and cypress wood
Dimensions Overall: 167.9 cm (66 1/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Japanese Art
Accession number
1972.158
Place of creation Japan, Kamakura Period (1185-1333)
Credit line Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.158

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