Guardians of Day and Night, Han Dynasty

Forfatter/Opretter:

Anonymous Chinese artist

Kredit:

Robert Temple's The Genius of China (1986, New York: Simon and Schuster)

Shortlink:

https://dkwiki.dk/b/2e5c

kilde:

Wikimedia Commons

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1208 x 1140 Pixel (1781221 Bytes)

beskrivelse:

Paintings on ceramic tile from the Chinese Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD); these figures, cloaked in Han Chinese robes, represent guardian spirits of certain divisions of day and night. On the left is the guardian of midnight (from 11 pm to 1 am) and on the right is the guardian of morning (from 5 to 7 am). From the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Licens:

Public domain