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Soldier in Plate Mail

Former TitleWarrior Figure
CultureCentral Asian
Date7th century C.E.
MediumPolychromed clay mixed with fibres, unglazed
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/8 inches (33.34 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-589
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA standing male figure wearing a helmet and chainmail, clay with unglazed decoration in red, yellow, white and blue polychrome.Exhibition History

Sculptural Forms in Terra Cotta from Chinese Tombs, The Toledo Museum of Art, OH, January 1939, no. 48 as Male Figure.

Exhibition of Chinese Art, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, October 12–November 25, 1934, no. 243 as Warrior.

The Arts of the T’Ang Dynasty: A Loan Exhibition Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum from Collections in America, the Orient, and Europe, Los Angeles County Museum, January 8–February 17, 2019, no. 152 as Figure of a Warrior.

Provenance

Lloyd Studio, Beijing, by 1933 [1];

Purchased from Lloyd Studio by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

[1] Record of purchase includes the following note: “Figure brought from Hsin Chiang (Central Asia) by pilot of Eurasian Air Service,” NAMA curatorial files.

Published References

The Mills College Art Library, Exhibition of Chinese Art, exh. cat.(California: Mills College, 1934), 51, pl. 38, (repro.).

The Toledo Museum of Art, Sculptural Forms in Terra Cotta from Chinese Tombs, exh. cat. (Toledo: The Toledo Museum of Art, 1939), unpaginated, plate 15, (repro.).

Los Angeles County Museum, The Arts of the T’Ang Dynasty: A Loan Exhibition Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum from Collections in America, the Orient, and Europe, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1957), 70–71, (repro.).

Jane Gaston Mahler, The Westerners Among the Figurines of the T’ang Dynasty of China, Serie Orientale Roma 20 (Rome: Instituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1959), 112, 163, 203, plate 37 a, b, (repro.).

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