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Dublin Core

Title

Wood: sculpture

Description

One carved and gilded wood sculpture of a warrior figure standing on a red-painted shallow rounded rectangular base. Figure is dressed in armour with a sword scabbard on its left hip. On its right side it bears an elongated object in both arms.

Source

Rewi Alley

Provenance

Part of collection Alley gave to Canterbury Museum during Museum director Roger Duff's trip to China in 1956.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

54x41x101mm (l x w x h)

Museum Ac. No.

C1956.335

Usage Rights

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Period

Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)

Collection

Citation

“Wood: sculpture,” China, Art and Cultural Diplomacy, accessed November 21, 2024, http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/804.