Statuette
80-5-18
Location: On Display in the Looking to the Stars, Listening to the Earth: A Song Dynasty Tomb
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 80-5-18 |
| 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 | Standing Figure | Daoist | Tortoise | Constellation | Big Dipper |
| Description | Unglazed, standing Daoist figure. On his headdress is incised the representation of a constellation, Ursa major, the big dipper. Applied to the long gown below the knees is a tortoise in full relief. |
| Height | 21.12 cm |
| Width | 6.51 cm |
| Depth | 6.19 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, 1980 |
| Other Number | 3-4 - Other Number |
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