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This figure and the others from the same ensemble (34.141.1-6) share the same posture, costume, and musical instruments as a group excavated from the tomb of Zhang Sheng in Anyang, Henan, a Sui dynasty official who died in 594.
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隋 陶持琵琶女楽伎俑
Title: Female musician with a lute
Period: Sui dynasty (581–618)
Date: 6th century
Culture: China
Medium: Polychromed reddish earthenware
Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Classification: Tomb Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, 1934
Object Number: 34.141.6
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