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Sarcophagus Panel
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About this work
This slab originally formed the "window" panel of a coffin encasement constructed to resemble a one-story house. The dwarfs bowing respectfully under the vertical lattice window, as well as the court lady and archer engraved on the reverse, reflect the style of contemporary figure painting. Complete structures with similar décor have been excavated from tombs in the Tang imperial cemetery near Xian in northwest China.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSarcophagus Panel, early 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Limestone; overall: 119 x 69 x 10 cm (46 7/8 x 27 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1975.63
