Drummer on horseback

Unknown (Chinese)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
ca. 525-650
Technique / Medium:
grey terracotta with pigments
Place of creation:
Hebei (Zhongguo)
School:
Han Period

    Item location

  • Museo d'Arte Orientale (Torino)
    Meidaozhai Collection[Museum inv. no.: K 18]

Description

The drummer is facing left, toward a drum, with clenched fists holding two drumsticks (now missing). He is wearing a suit made of superimposed garments and wide pants tied below the knee.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Drum [2585]

RIdIM images


Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "The “Meidaozhai” Chinese art collection of the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation Turin", Music in Art 30/1-2 (2005) 239-243. RILM 2005-7128.

RIdIM record id

3074