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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

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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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