Standing Tomb Attendant
Unidentified Northern Wei Dynasty maker, Chinese, 386 - 581
Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-534
Terracotta with red pigment
Overall: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Overall: 7/8 × 2 5/8 × 14 in. (2.2 × 6.7 × 35.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Patrick C. Hill
S.981.125.2
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
1-500
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Exhibition History
Death and Dying: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 55, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 11-March 26, 1995.
The Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 22, 2005-January 21, 2008.
The Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 2008-September 28, 2014.
The Nature of Empire, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 10-August 19, 1984.
Provenance
Collected by Genevieve Carpenter Hill (1902-1984), Charlotte, Vermont between 1921-1981; given to present collection, 1981.
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