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Collection Online as of April 20, 2024

Figure with Sword

Figure with Sword

400–300 BCE
(770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
wood with traces of polychromy
Overall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.12
Location: not on view
  • Reproduced
    Art News, January 15, 1938, p. 12. p. 12
    Consten, Eleanor von Erdberg. Das Alte China. Stuttgart: G. Kilpper, 1958. Reproduced: pl. 66
    Sotheby's, New York. Important Chinese Sculpture Sold for the Benefit of the J.T. Tai Foundation. 3 June 1985. Mentioned: Lot 26 (comparative material)
  • Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (organizer) (November 4-December 5, 1976); Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (January 13-March 27, 1977).
    Donald Jenkins, Masterworks in Wood: China and Japan (exh. cat., New York, Asia House Gallery and Portland (Ore.) Art Museum, 1976), pl. 4
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