Interpretation
Monks and merchants traveled across Central Asia along the Silk Road, exchanging materials and ideas. In this funerary procession, the caravan is joined by warriors, musicians, and guardian beasts to escort the deceased soul in its migration from this world to the next.
Cary Y. Liu, Nancy and Peter Lee Curator of Asian Art
Information
- Title
- Tomb figure: soldier
- Object Number
- y1950-113
- Medium
- Gray earthenware with cream colored slip, red paint
- Dates
- early 6th century
- Dimensions
- h. 20.0 cm., w. 7.8 cm., d. 6.7 cm. (7 7/8 x 3 1/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
- Culture
- Chinese
- Period
- Period of Disunity
- Place excavated
- Asia, China, Henan province, northwest of Loyang Fu
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