Male Court Attendant from a Tomb
date
206 BCE - 199 BCE
creation place
Asia, China
medium & support
Formed and fired terracotta
measurements
24 1/8 x 3 5/16 x 4 1/4 in. (61.28 x 8.41 x 10.8 cm)
credit line
David T. Owsley Collection
accession number
L2009.009.072
keywords
ancestor, art, artist, Asians, biology, body, burial cult, burial rites, ceremonial object, ceremony, Chinese, Chinese religion, civilization, Corpo humano, court, courtier, culture, death, family, figure, figurine, funeral, funerary object, funerary sculpture, government, household, human being, human figure, male, man, Mongolians, nationality, non-Christian religion, nude, occupations, offspring, page (servant), race (human), religion, Ripa, rite, royal family, ruler, sculpture, sex, society, state, statue, statuette, supernatural, terracotta, train (retinue)
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