New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Funerary Sculpture Representing a Standard Foreign Groom

Artist Unknown

CultureChinese | Tang Dynasty

Date8th century A.D.

MediumCeramic, l ead glaze, sancai ware, white earthenware with variegated, lead-fluxed glazed over molded decorations

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 x 3 in. (31.8 x 7.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry in Memory of Nancy Nash Perry

Object number36.8.106

Collections

Asian Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 106

DescriptionTomb pottery figure of a foreign groom. Figure stands straight with right arm raised, fist clenched, left arm at side, fist also clenched. Of foreign facial type with wide eyes, prominent nose, full beard and mustache. Coat is of straw-colored glaze with a green collar. Glaze falls to bottom in back, but falls to each side in front. Hands, feet and head unglazed. Traces red and black pigment on face.