Mortuary Figurine

Red brown clay male tomb figurine, from the tomb of a Tang general, 15 li north of Chengdu 成都. According to an inscription from the tomb, the general died on the 24th day of the 7th moon of the 4th year of the Kaicheng 開成 reign period (839 CE), and was buried on the 22nd day of the 10th moon. The robed figure wears a flat-topped hat, and his hands join across the chest and are concealed in sleeves. The hat and sleeve fromts are green-glazed, while facial features (eyes, ears, nose, mouth), the outer robe, and the collar of the inner robe are colored with a red-brown glaze. The exposed flesh of the figure's face and neck have a tan or flesh-colored glaze. Like the similar example 74-26-1, the hollow interior of this figure is filled by a mass of clay.