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ID: 300404744
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300404744

 

Record Type: concept
lion thrones (thrones, ceremonial chairs, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Thrones depicted in Buddhist art or used in Buddhism that are supported by lions or incorporating lions in the design; most often thrones upon which the Buddha is seated. An example is the seated Buddha in which eight lions positioned at the corners of the base or dais support his lotus throne; another example is the throne of the Dalai Lama of Tibet.
 
Terms:
lion thrones (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
lion throne (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
thrones, lion (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
師子座・獅子座 (C,U,Chinese,UF,U,U)
leeuwentronen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
leeuwentroon (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.TC

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Furnishings (hierarchy name)
........ Furnishings (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of furnishings (works)
............ furnishings (works) (G)
Hierarchy of <furnishings by form or function>
................ <furnishings by form or function> (G)
Hierarchy of furniture
.................... furniture (G)
Hierarchy of <furniture by form or function>
........................ <furniture by form or function> (G)
Hierarchy of seating furniture
............................ seating furniture (G)
Hierarchy of single seating furniture
................................ single seating furniture (G)
Hierarchy of chairs (furniture forms)
.................................... chairs (furniture forms) (G)
Hierarchy of <chairs by function>
........................................ <chairs by function> (G)
Hierarchy of ceremonial chairs
............................................ ceremonial chairs (G)
Hierarchy of thrones
................................................ thrones (G)
Hierarchy of lion thrones
.................................................... lion thrones (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Tronen zoals afgebeeld in boeddhistische kunst of gebruikt in het boeddhisme, die worden ondersteund door leeuwen of waarin leeuwen in het ontwerp voorkomen. Meestal zit de Boeddha op de troon. Een voorbeeld is de zittende Boeddha, waarbij acht leeuwen bij de hoeken van het voetstuk, of dais, zijn lotustroon ondersteunen. Een ander voorbeeld is de troon van de Dalai Lama van Tibet.  

Sources and Contributors:
師子座・獅子座............  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine online (2005-)
leeuwentronen............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
..........................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
leeuwentroon............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
lion throne............  [VP]
.......................  Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
lion thrones............  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
.......................  Brown and Hutton, Companion to Asian Art and Architecture (2015)
.......................  Cleary, Flower Ornament Scripture (2014)
thrones, lion............  [VP]
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Bos, Archetypen in de kunst (1993) 152
............  UvA Talen
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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