Foreigner Figure

Unidentified Tang Dynasty maker, Chinese, 618 - 906

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Tang Dynasty, 618-907

Earthenware with slip and traces of red pigment

Overall: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of William E. Little, Class of 1931, in memory of his parents

C.986.88.2

Geography

Place Made: Xi'an, China, East Asia, Asia

Period

500-1000

Object Name

Figure

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Publication History

Hugh Scott, The Golden Age of Chinese Art, The Lively Tang Dynasty, Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1967, no. 76.

Provenance

Collection of Senator Hugh Scott (1900-1994) by 1967; sold to William E. Little (1909-1991, Class of 1931), New York; given to present collection, 1986.

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