Seated musician, clappers

Place of OriginChina

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

DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 6 3/8 × 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 in. (16.2 × 9.2 × 8.3 cm)

MediumEarthenware

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LineGeorge E. Pomeroy Bequest

Object number

1939.74

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. 41.