Sogdian Groom
CultureChinese
DateTang dynasty (618-906 C.E.)
MediumEarthenware with three-color Sancai lead glaze
DimensionsOverall: 30 × 10 × 8 inches (76.2 × 25.4 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-219
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DescriptionTomb figure of man wearing Sogdian costume: with green lapets, pointed red and black cap, and black boots. face painted fleshcolor. holding imaginary lead rope.)ProvenanceWith Pin Chi, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), China, by April 4, 1934;
Purchased from Pin Chi, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
NOTES:
[1] Sickman's purchase record, Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG80-15 William Rockhill Nelson Trust Office Files, box 1a, Art Invoices/Vouchers 1934. Pin Chi was a shop on Tan erh Hutung. Yue Bin was the shop's proprietor.
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