2003.179: Standing Warrior Wearing Helmet with Protective Neck and Ear Flaps, Cape, and Pointed Boots, His Hands Resting atop a Vertical, Sheathed Sword
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.179
- Title
- Standing Warrior Wearing Helmet with Protective Neck and Ear Flaps, Cape, and Pointed Boots, His Hands Resting atop a Vertical, Sheathed Sword
- 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/142067
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 9.5 x 6 cm (12 13/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Anthony M. Solomon
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.179
- 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. 83, cat. no. 10
Verification Level
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