Dancer

Unknown (Chinese)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

7th century

Height:

29.5 cm  (11 5/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

earthenware, white slip with traces of pigment

School:

Tang period

Description

Figure of female dancer looking toward her raised left arm.
Commentary from museum website:
This young dancer was most likely part of a larger group of tomb figures that included other performers and musicians. Her dress, consisting of a long skirt in alternating colors and a long-sleeved blouse under a jacket, was very fashionable in China in the seventh century C.E.—as well as in Korea and Japan.

Iconclass

48C8422
female dancer
31A2511
arm raised upward
43C912
woman dancing alone

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Kankokai, Zauho. Sekai toji zenshu, 16 vols. (Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1955–58) vol. 9, 214 and 238, no. 8, figs. 134 and 180.

Gates, Mimi Gardner. The communion of scholars: Chinese art at Yale (New York: China House Gallery, 1982) 12, 52–53, no. 18, ill.

Handbook of the collections (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992) 288, ill.

Notes

Tang dynasty (618–907 C.E.)

RIdIM record id

6197