Sarcophagus Panel

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sarcophagus Panel

Date
early 700s
Medium
limestone
Culture
China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
148340

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This slab originally formed the "window" panel of a coffin encasement constructed to resemble a one-story house. The dwarfs bowing respectfully under the vertical lattice window, as well as the court lady and archer engraved on the reverse, reflect the style of contemporary figure painting. Complete structures with similar décor have been excavated from tombs in the Tang imperial cemetery near Xian in northwest China. The two sides of the stone were engraved during the Tang dynasty, but the court lady and archer were likely carved 50 years later.

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Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Provenance
? by 1939: Sasakawa Shinichi 笹川慎一, Japan | ?–1975: (Yamanaka & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan, sold to the the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1975–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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