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Tomb Warrior

CultureChinese
DateNorthern Wei dynasty (386-534 C.E.)
MediumUnbaked clay
DimensionsOverall: 12 3/8 × 4 × 2 1/2 inches (31.43 × 10.16 × 6.35 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-590
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionStanding figure in helmet and cloak, with traces of red and white pigment.Provenance

Purchased in Honan, China, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

NOTES:

[1] Purchase document in Nelson-Atkins Registration file dated May 1, 1933.

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