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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.197.2
Title
One of Two Standing Court Ladies, Each with Upturned Shoes, a High-Waisted Dress or Skirt, a Shawl, and an Elaborate Coiffure Secured by a Headband, and Each with Her Hands Clasped at the Waist and Concealed within Her Sleeves
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
funerary sculpture
Date
late 6th cent. - early 7th cent.
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Sui (581-618) to Tang (618-907) dynasty
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/146526

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze, and with cold-painted pigments over the glaze
Dimensions
20 x 6 x 4.5 cm (7 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Anthony M. Solomon
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.197.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Virginia Bower, From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M. Solomon, exh. cat., ed. Robert D. Mowry, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., 2002), p. 106, cat. no. 29

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