Seated Female Musician Playing a Pipa
| Artist | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Culture | Chinese |
| Title | Seated Female Musician Playing a Pipa |
| Date | 7th–early 10th century |
| Medium | Earthenware and traces of pigment |
| Dimensions | Overall: 7 x 4 1/2 x 4 in. (17.8 x 11.4 x 10.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 62.12A |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
Seated female figure playing a pipa or lute-like instrument. Her hair, parted in the middle, is swept up into bunches on top of her head. There are traces of black pigment in her hair.
Little clay figures such as this young woman holding a lute would have been part of a larger set of musicians placed in a tomb to bring enjoyment to the deceased in the afterlife. See 62.12B for a similar figure probably from the the same set.
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"Seated Female Musician Playing a Pipa | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=62.12A