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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tomb Figure

Tomb Figure
1500-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tomb figure, one of three figures from the retinue of a Ming official. Standing figure on rectangular plinth, of a man wearing a high domed hat and a long loose coat, with an object (perhaps a bell) hung from his left wrist. Both arms are bent at the below. The upper part of the coat and a wide band down the back and front below the waist are covered with green glaze, the remainder of the figure being unglazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTomb Figure (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with green lead glaze
Brief description
Tomb figure, one of three figures from a tomb retinue, stoneware with green lead glaze, north China, Ming dynasty, 1500-1600
Physical description
Tomb figure, one of three figures from the retinue of a Ming official. Standing figure on rectangular plinth, of a man wearing a high domed hat and a long loose coat, with an object (perhaps a bell) hung from his left wrist. Both arms are bent at the below. The upper part of the coat and a wide band down the back and front below the waist are covered with green glaze, the remainder of the figure being unglazed.
Dimensions
  • ( at maximum point) height: 21.6cm
Styles
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose ed. Chinese art and design. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1991, p. 69, Fig. 24.
Collection
Accession number
C.148-1913

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Record createdMarch 28, 2000
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