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

Course History

Art History 38.03, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 70.02, East Meets West, Sunglim Kim, Spring 2024

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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