"Wu Family Shrines" pictorial stones: Confucius Meeting Laozi
"Wu Family Shrines" pictorial stones: Confucius Meeting Laozi
"Wu Family Shrines" pictorial stones: Confucius Meeting Laozi
"Wu Family Shrines" pictorial stones: Confucius Meeting Laozi

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"Wu Family Shrines" pictorial stones: Confucius Meeting Laozi,

mid 2nd century (stone); late 19th-early 20th century (rubbing)

Chinese
Eastern Han dynasty, 25–220 CE
y1957-141

Information

Title
"Wu Family Shrines" pictorial stones: Confucius Meeting Laozi
Dates

mid 2nd century (stone); late 19th-early 20th century (rubbing)

Medium
Sheet; ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
33.4 x 165 cm. (13 1/8 x 64 15/16 in.) image: 30 x 158 cm. (11 13/16 x 62 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Rowley
Object Number
y1957-141
Place Made

Asia, China, Shandong province, Wuzhaishan 武宅山 village

Marks/Labels/Seals
Outer title 漢畫 孔子見老子象 山東濟寧出土 (ink) “Han picture. Confucius meets Laozi image. Excavated at Jining, Shandong” Han Bas relief 219 Tsining (pencil)
Culture
Chinese
Period
Han (Chinese)
Type
rubbings
Subject
carts, figures (representations), horses, processions

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