隋 陶持琵琶女楽伎俑|Female musician with a lute

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6th century · Polychromed reddish earthenware · Asian Art

This figure and the others from the same ensemble (34.141.1-6) share the same posture, costume, and musical instruments as a group excavated from the tomb of Zhang Sheng in Anyang, Henan, a Sui dynasty official who died in 594.

Artist

Unknown

Date

6th century

Medium

Polychromed reddish earthenware

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, 1934