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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.204
Title
Four Kneeling, Female Court Musicians (One with a 'Pipa', or Lute, and One with Cymbals), Each of the Four with a High-Waisted, Striped Dress or Skirt and with Long Hair Arranged in Two Buns
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
funerary sculpture
Date
7th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Tang dynasty, 618-907
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/4642

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Molded, white earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
Dimensions
each (approx.): H. 18 × W. 12 × D. 11.5 cm (7 1/16 × 4 3/4 × 4 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
2003.204
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Zoe Kwok, The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to the 14th Century, exh. cat., Princeton University Art Museum (New Haven, 2019), pp. 174-177, cat. 43

Exhibition History

  • The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in 10th-14th Century Chinese Art, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 10/19/2019 - 02/16/2020

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