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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.489
Title
Tomb Model in the Form of a Small Out Building
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1st-3rd century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201808

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Green lead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with openwork elements under partially degraded emerald-green, lead glaze; with modern brush-written characters on the base reading "T'o-sông-ni". Reportedly recovered at Lelang (also spelled Lo-lang; Korean, Naknang), near T'o-sông-ni, southwest of P'yôngyang, Korea.
Dimensions
H. 8.2 x W. 8 x Depth. 7.4 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gregory (1922-1988) and Maia Henderson (?-2007), Medford, Ma (by 1969-1988) inherited; by Maia Henderson, Medford, Ma (1988-1991) partial gift and partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of Maria C. Henderson and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.489
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Gregory Henderson, Korean Ceramics: An Art's Variety, exh. cat., Ohio State University, Divisions of Art Gallery (Columbus, Ohio, 1969), p. 20, no. 1

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