Statue
Object Number:
C402
Current Location:
China Gallery
Culture:
Chinese
Buddhist
Provenience:
China
Period:
Tang Dynasty
Date Made:
8th century
Early Date:
700
Late Date:
799
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Clay
Technique:
Fired
Glazed
Iconography:
Minister?
Description:
Grave figurine of an official. Statue would originally have been part of a much larger set in a tomb. One of a set of three (C401, C402, C403). Glazed.
Credit Line:
Purchased from C. T. Loo
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Chinese Rotunda (1968)
Bibliography:
[Article] 1924. Chinese Sculpture. The Museum Journal. Volume XV (No. 4): 258-287. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 278, plate XIV
You may also be interested in these objects:
My Finds
