Territory Stories
Chinese Stone Lion
Details:
Title
Chinese Stone Lion,
Photographer
Bean, Ellen,
Photo number
PH0525/0012,
Collection
Ellen Bean Collection.,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
0000-00-00,
Description
Traditionally a pair of Guardian Lions are placed at the entrance to buildings. The male is placed on the left of the doorway with a paw resting a 'ball' representing the 'Flower of Life', (as depicted in this photo). The female is placed to the right of the doorway with a paw on a 'cub' representing the 'Cycle of Life'.,
Notes
Date: Unknown,
Use
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/51450 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/51450
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/323192 ,
Territory Stories
Chinese Stone Lion
Details:
Title
Chinese Stone Lion,
Photographer
Bean, Ellen,
Photo number
PH0525/0012,
Collection
Ellen Bean Collection.,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
0000-00-00,
Description
Traditionally a pair of Guardian Lions are placed at the entrance to buildings. The male is placed on the left of the doorway with a paw resting a 'ball' representing the 'Flower of Life', (as depicted in this photo). The female is placed to the right of the doorway with a paw on a 'cub' representing the 'Cycle of Life'.,
Notes
Date: Unknown,
Use
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/51450 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/51450
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/323192 ,