Tomb Scholar
Unknown Chinese, Chinese
Terracotta
Overall: 28 3/4 in. (73 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert L. Ripley, Class of 1939H
40.15.12570
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Robert L. (born LeRoy Robert) Ripley (1890-1949), Mamaroneck, New York, early 20th century (The Ripley's Believe It or Not Collection); given to present collection, 1940.
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