Temple Offering
Unidentified Tang Dynasty maker, Chinese, 618 - 906
671, Tang Dynasty, 618-907
Limestone
Overall: 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 × 2 15/16 in. (30 × 23 × 7.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch
47.10.10769
Geography
Place Made: Xi'an, China, East Asia, Asia
Period
500-1000
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Inscriptions
13th July in the 3rd year of ________. 671 AD. T'ang Dynasty. Donor: Lu. Given in memory of his father or uncles. On arch above niche a winged bat, "Fu" (pun on Happiness or blessing).
Exhibition History
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 22, 1994-June 22, 1997.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 16, 1997-January 21, 2008.
The Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 2008-September 28, 2014.
Provenance
Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch (1874-1959), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1947.
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