Warrior
CultureChinese
DateTang dynasty (618-906 C.E.)
MediumPottery; yellow glaze
DimensionsOverall: 22 5/8 × 7 3/4 × 5 3/8 inches (57.47 × 19.69 × 13.65 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-214/1
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DescriptionTomb warrior dressed in clothing elaborately decorated in red, blue, and black, and wearing a close fitting helmet. Clasped hands in front suggest that the figure once held a spear.ProvenanceWith Dr. Otto Burchard, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), China, by April 11, 1934;
Purchased from Burchard, 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.
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