-
Details
- Place where the work was made
-
China
- Period
- Han dynasty 206 BCE - 220 CE → China
- Date
- 206 BCE-220 CE
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- grey earthenware, unglazed
- Dimensions
- 25.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- EC6.1962
- Copyright
- Share
-
About
This female mourner (pair with EC5.1962) 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 (b).
-
Places
Where the work was made
China
-
Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Early Chinese art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Feb 1983–08 May 1983
-
Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
-
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.
-