Tomb Guardian (one of a pair)

Unidentified Tang Dynasty maker, Chinese, 618 - 906

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8th century, early Tang Dynasty

Stoneware; polychrome glaze

Overall: 39 in. (99.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Gaby Dure Smart in memory of her husband, David A. Smart

S.959.136.2

Geography

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

Period

500-1000

Object Name

Sculpture

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Inscriptions

Not signed.

Course History

WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019

WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019

Exhibition History

Asian Art from the College Collection, Barrows Print Room & Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 5-31, 1974.

Chinese Art from the College Collection, Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 30-September 4, 1978.

Far Eastern Ceramics, Barrows Windows, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 10-October 17, 1976.

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.

Publication History

Richard Landon, Eclectic Art at Dartmouth's Hood Museum, Plattsburgh, New York: Press-Republican, February 12, 1995, ill. p. B 10.

Upper Valley Magazine Preview of the Arts, Upper Valley Magazine, West Lebanon: Van Etten, Inc, 1994, ill. Preview page.

Provenance

Gaby Dure Smart (1908-1979), New York, New York [in memory of her husband, David Archibald Smart, 1892-1952); given to present collection, 1959.

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