Statuette
80-5-27
Location: On Display in the Looking to the Stars, Listening to the Earth: A Song Dynasty Tomb
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 80-5-27 |
| Current Location | Looking to the Stars, Listening to the Earth: A Song Dynasty Tomb - On Display |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | Song Dynasty |
| Date Made | Song Dynasty |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Clay |
| Iconography | Tortoise | Human Head |
| Description | Daoist grave figurine of tortoise with human head. The hair and the design on the shell are painted with red pigment. Said to come from Jiangsi. |
| Height | 4.66 cm |
| Length | 8.26 cm |
| Width | 6.67 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, 1980 |
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