Mourning Tomb Figure
Unidentified Tang Dynasty maker, Chinese, 618 - 906
Sui or Early Tang Dynasty, about 581-700
Unglazed terracotta
Overall: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Patrick C. Hill
S.981.148
Geography
Place Made: Xi'an, China, East Asia, Asia
Period
500-1000
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013
Provenance
C. T. Loo, Chinese Art, 41 East 57th Street, New York, New York; sold Genevieve Carpenter Hill (1902-1984), Charlotte, Vermont, March 31, 1959; given to present collection, 1981.
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