Footed Lamp, Six Dynasties, late Northern Dynasties (386–581)–Sui (581–618), ca. second half of 6th century, China, Earthenware

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Footed Lamp, Six Dynasties, late Northern Dynasties (386–581)–Sui (581–618), ca. second half of 6th century, China, Earthenware with relief decoration under green and brown glazes, H. 11 3/4 in. ( cm); Diam. of rim 8 3/4 in. ( cm); Diam. of foot 7 1/2 in. ( cm), Ceramics, While lions are not native to China, there is evidence that some specimens had reached China from the West by the Western Han (206 – 9) period. With the firm establishment of Buddhism in China in the Six Dynasties (220–589) period, lions-regarded as defenders of the faith and of the Buddhist law-began to be used in a specifically Buddhist context

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