Figure
0076-0220 (made)
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Figure of a farmer with two-pronged hoe, red earthenware with green lead glaze.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Red earthenware with green lead glaze |
| Brief description | Figure of a farmer with two-pronged hoe, red earthenware with green lead glaze; China, Eastern Han dynasty, 76-220 AD |
| Physical description | Figure of a farmer with two-pronged hoe, red earthenware with green lead glaze. |
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| Object history | "The standing figure of a man is probably of the Han period. It is the earliest Oriental pottery figure I have met, there is nothing of the same class in the Museum." (from MA/2/P7/5) Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co. (Mr. Wylde's Purchases in China), accessioned in 1912. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ayers, John, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980.
Monochrome Plate No. 18. |
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| Accession number | C.366-1912 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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