Seated Musician, lute

Place of OriginChina

DateTang Dynasty (618-907), about 690-720

DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 6 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (15.9 × 10.8 × 8.3 cm)

MediumEarthenware

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LineGeorge E. Pomeroy Bequest

Object number

1939.75

Not on View

Label TextAlthough the female figure is larger than her accompanying musicians, they were intended as a group for placement in a tomb. The larger size of a particular figure indicates the importance of that figure.Published ReferencesGorney, Michaelene, "Musical instruments: percussion," TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART MUSEUM NEWS, vol. 20, no. 4, 1978, p. 110, repr. fig. 23. Hai-Wai, Yi-Chen, Chinese art in overseas collections: Pottery & porcelain II, Taipei, 1989, fig. 48, p. 50.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, "Sculptural Forms in Terra Cotta from Chinese Tombs," January 1939, no. 39. Toledo Museum of Art, Musical Instruments through the Ages, Feb. 10-Mar. 30, 1952.