White Tomb Attendant

Unidentified Tang Dynasty maker, Chinese, 618 - 906

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Tang Dynasty, 618-907

Glazed terracotta

Overall: 10 3/16 in. (25.8 cm)

Overall: 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 × 1 15/16 in. (7.9 × 7.9 × 4.9 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Patrick C. Hill

S.981.140

Geography

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

Period

500-1000

Object Name

Sculpture

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Inscriptions

Not signed.

Exhibition History

F.L. Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February-April, 1983.

Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, April 22, 1994.

The Nature of Empire, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 10-August 19, 1984.

Provenance

Collected by Genevieve Carpenter Hill (1902-1984), Charlotte, Vermont between 1921-1981; given to present collection, 1981.

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