2003.180.1: Striding Warrior with Mouth Open, from the tomb sculpture set: Two Striding, Armor-Clad, Bearded Warriors Wearing Helmets with Protective Neck and Ear Flaps, One with Mouth Open, One with Mouth Closed, Their Hands Positioned to Hold Weapons
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.180.1
- Title
- Striding Warrior with Mouth Open, from the tomb sculpture set: Two Striding, Armor-Clad, Bearded Warriors Wearing Helmets with Protective Neck and Ear Flaps, One with Mouth Open, One with Mouth Closed, Their Hands Positioned to Hold Weapons
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- funerary sculpture
- Date
- first third 6th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Northern Wei, 386-534
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/142054
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Molded, gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
- Dimensions
- 34.5 x 13 x 19.5 cm (13 9/16 x 5 1/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Anthony M. Solomon
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.180.1
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Virginia Bower, From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M. Solomon, exh. cat., ed. Robert D. Mowry, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., 2002), p. 84, cat. no. 11
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