Three-Story Tower | Yale University Art Gallery

1st–2nd century C.E.

Medium: Red earthenware with dark green lead glaze
Dimensions: height: 52 in. (132.08 cm)
area approx.: 15 × 19 in. (38.1 × 48.3 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow
Accession Number: 2000.59.2a-e
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 C.E.)
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

With Lillian Schloss, New York, by 1998 (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1999–2000); sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., and New York, July 2000; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2000

Bibliography

William Zimmer, "From China: Guides to the Next Life," New York Times (October 18, 1998), 28

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

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