Artwork Details
Nationality
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
20-3/8 x 23 x 13-1/4 in. (installed) A) head: 9-3/4 x 7-1/4 x 8 in. B) body: 20-1/4 x 13 x 22-1/4 in.
Dynasty
Accession Number
Credit Line
Eleanor Evans Stout and Margaret Stout Gibbs Memorial Fund in Memory of Wilbur D. Peat, Director of Indianapolis Museum of Art 1929 - 1965
Copyright
Collection
Asian Art (Chinese and other Asian)
Color Palette
Provenance
[J. J. Lally & Co. from a Hong Kong dealer in 1998]; purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1999.
Gallery Labels
According to DNA analysis, the shar pei is one of the most ancient breed of dogs.
Such large dogs as this were popular companions in burial chambers in the region of Sichuan province, which is east of Tibet.
Once the guard dog of the royal family, the breed almost became extinct and was even listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as "the rarest dog in the world."
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