Harvard Art Museums > 2003.171.2.B: Circular Drum, from the tomb sculpture set: Kneeling Female Figure Beating a Circular Drum on a Stand in the Form of a Kneeling Human with a Bird's Beak (or Wearing a Bird Mask) Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Circular Drum, from the tomb sculpture set: Kneeling Female Figure Beating a Circular Drum on a Stand in the Form of a Kneeling Human with a Bird's Beak (or Wearing a Bird Mask) , 2003.171.2.B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/146709. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2003.171.2.B Title Circular Drum, from the tomb sculpture set: Kneeling Female Figure Beating a Circular Drum on a Stand in the Form of a Kneeling Human with a Bird's Beak (or Wearing a Bird Mask) Classification Sculpture Work Type funerary sculpture Date 2nd-1st century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/146709 Physical Descriptions Medium Molded medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground (the drum made separately from the stand on which it rests) Dimensions H. 4.5 x Diam. 14 cm (1 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Anthony M. Solomon Accession Year 2003 Object Number 2003.171.2.B Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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. 74, cat. no. 2 Related Works 2003.171 Kneeling Female Figure Beating a Circular Drum on a Stand in the Form of a Kneeling Human with a Bird's Beak (or Wearing a Bird Mask) Sculpture Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu