Sarcophagus Panel
700–725
- Medium
- limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 119 x 69 x 10 cm (46 7/8 x 27 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
- Genre
- sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
About
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.