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Description
Tomb figure
Mingqi tomb figure of Tang dynasty era. Made from earthenware. The figure depicts an attendant, she is free standing and is wearing a long dress and has her hair up in an elaborate hairstyle. The ceramic is a buff colour and has remnants of paint, the figures dress is red and green sleeves, and white gesso hair. The underside of the figure reveals a large drying hole.
Place
China
Accession Number
1941.137
Accession Date
1941
Other Id
26273 (ethnology)
K484 (ceramic)
198 (Chinese Art Exhibition 1937)
Department
Applied Arts and Design

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figure, 1941.137, 26273, K484, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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Credit Line
gift of Captain George A Humphreys-Davies, Kawakawa Bay, 1941, collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1941.137, K484
Collection
Humphreys-Davies
Place
China
Date
0618-0906
Period
Tang dynasty (618-906)/Chinese Dynasty and Reign Periods
Media
ceramic/inorganic material
gesso
Measurement Reading
235mm
65mm
115mm
Classification
earthenware
pottery (visual works)
ceramic ware (visual works)

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27 Jan 2022

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