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This female mourner (pair with EC6.1962) is an example of a more pedestrian tomb figure, lacking the stature, style and detail of other Han funerary figures, and most likely made for tombs of the less wealthy.
Jackie Menzies, 'Early Chinese Art', AGNSW, 1983. cat.no. X (a).
Details
Date
206 BCE-220 CE
Materials used
grey earthenware, unglazed
Dimensions
25.0 cm
Credit
Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962
Location
Not on display
Accession number
EC5.1962
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Female mourner
Place
Where the work was made
China
Shown in 1 exhibition
Exhibition history
Early Chinese art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Feb 1983–08 May 1983
Referenced in 2 publications
Bibliography
Edmund Capon, The Australian Antique Collector, 'Chinese tomb figures in the Art Gallery of New South Wales', pg. 96-101, Chippendale, Jan 1981-Jun 1981, 99 (illus.). fig.no. 9
Jackie Menzies, Early Chinese Art, Sydney, 1983, not paginated. cat.no. X. See 'Further Information' for text.