Earthenware with sancai (three-color) lead-silicate glaze
Dimensions:
H x W: 28.2 x 10.3 cm (11 1/8 x 4 1/16 in)
Type:
Sculpture
Origin:
probably Henan province, or maybe Shaanxi province, China
Date:
first half of 8th century
Period:
Tang dynasty
Description:
Pottery with "three-color" glaze.
Clay: medium soft whitish buff pottery.
Glaze: transparent, finely crazed, over green, yellowish brown and white. Head and flesh areas unglazed with traces of pigment, slight earth adhesions.
Label:
Two painted figures of dancers similar in style to this were excavated from a tomb in Luoyang constructed in 701. Part of a group of forty-two ceramic figures in that tomb, the two dancers were placed alongside the coffin platform in the central burial chamber.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Women in Chinese Painting (November 9, 2013 to April 27, 2014)
Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)
Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)
