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Court Official

CultureChinese
Dateearly-mid-8th century C.E.
MediumEarthenware with lead-fluxed glaze
DimensionsOverall: 35 1/2 inches (90.17 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Joyce C. Hall Funds of the Community Foundation, the Joyce C. Hall Estate, the Donald J. Hall Designated Fund of the Community Foundation, the Barbara Hall Marshall Designated Fund, and the Elizabeth Ann Reid Donor Advisory Fund
Object numberF83-8/7
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 229
Collections
DescriptionA tall stoneware figure of a dignitary with moustache and beard, wearing a high official headdress, long green tunic with wide sleeves over cream trousers and ochre shoes. Green and cream splashed glazes.Provenance

Braganza Investments, Ltd.;

Purchased from Braganza Investments, Ltd.by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1983.

Published References

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 293 (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 328, pl. 139 (repro.).

Colin Mackenzie, with contributions by Ling-En Lu, Masterworks of Chinese art: the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Mo.: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2011), 50-55, no. 13 (repro.).

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