Famous Pieces of Artwork
Ward Lawrence
Tribute Bearers
Tribute Bearers
By Ren Bowen (ca. mid-14th century)
Yuan dynasty copy of Tang-era painting
Handscroll: ink, colors and gold on silk
34.6 x 220.5 cm
The Avery Brundage Collection
------The painting illustrates a procession of foreign dignitaries, attendants, guardsmen and horse grooms rendering tribute and offerings at the Tang imperial court.
Tomb attendant mingqi
Tomb attendant mingqi
Left - court official; right - military officer
Tang dynasty
8th-9th century
Ceramic with white and red slip
Officer (right): 95.25 x 30.48 x 20.32 cm
Official (left): 92.08 x 24.13 x 22.86 cm
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
----------Mingqi is general term used for objects placed in Chinese tombs, entombed to provide the deceased with material comforts enjoyed in this world in their new "after" life.
Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva
Found at Khocho
Period of Tang control, 9th-10th century
Painting on silk
34.5 x 27.5 cm
----------Khocho=An oasis site to the east of the Tien Shan mountain range near Turfan in Chinese Turkestan.