Standing Tomb Attendant
Unidentified Northern Wei Dynasty maker, Chinese, 386 - 581Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-534
Terracotta with pigment
Overall: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Overall: 1 1/8 × 3 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (2.9 × 8.9 × 37.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Mrs. Patrick C. Hill
S.981.125.1
Geography/Culture
Asia, East Asia, China
Period
1-500
Object Name
Sculpture
Classification
Asia
Not on view
Inscription
Not signed.
Exhibition History
The Nature of Empire, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 10-August 19, 1984.
Death and Dying: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 55, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 11-March 26, 1995.
Provenance
Collected by Genevieve Carpenter Hill (1902-1984), Charlotte, Vermont between 1921-1981; given to present collection, 1981.
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