About the Artwork
Armored Bearer
early 8th century
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Chinese
Chinese
Gilt bronze
3 3/8 inches. (8.6 cm)
Sculpture
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund
42.119
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Jan Kleijkamp)
1942-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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DIA, BUDDHIST ART, Oct 1942, no 64.
DIA BULLETIN, vol 23, no 6, 1944, p 49.
Los Angeles County Museum, THE ARTS OF THE T'ANG DYNASTY, 1957, no 78.
Dayton Art Institute, OH, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, MA, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL, CHINESE GOLD & SILVER IN AMERICAN COLLECTIONS, Nov 10, 1984- Sept 22, 1985, p 96, cat no 65 (ill).
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Chinese, Armored Bearer, early 8th century, Gilt bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund, 42.119.
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