Japanese Guardian Fish, (sculpture)
Object Details
- founder
- Yamanaka and Company
- SOS Assessment Awars, 2000.
- The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
- Summary
- Sixteen mythological Japanese fish, called sachi, are places atop graduating pylons at each of the four entrances to the Sunken Garden.
- Culture
- Japanese
- Ca. 1931
- Control number
- IAS 71500552
- Type
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Bronze covered with gold leaf
- Owner/Location
- Administered by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office of Continuing Education Champaign Illinois
- Located Robert Allerton Park and Conference Center 515 Old Timber Road Sunken Garden Monticello Illinois 61856
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- Animal--Fish
- Ethnic
- Mythology--Asian
- Record ID
- siris_ari_354950
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
