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Figure of a Seated Musician

Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)

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The musical instruments depicted among this group of pottery figures (36.12.1, .2, .10–.13, .16) are typical of those used in popular music of the Han period (206 B.C.–A.D. 220). The instruments all had long histories, having existed for centuries, in the case of the zither, or millennia, in the case of the flute (now missing from the figure of the flutist).

Figure of a Seated Musician, Brownish pottery with traces of color, China — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Figure of a Seated Musician

Period: Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)

Culture: China

Medium: Brownish pottery with traces of color

Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

Classification: Tomb Pottery

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1936

Accession Number: 36.12.5

Chronology

Central and North Asia, 1-500A.D.

Chronology

Central and North Asia, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.

Chronology

China, 1-500A.D.

Chronology

China, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.

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