About the Artwork
Figurine
between 481 and 221 BCE
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Chinese
Chinese
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Overall: 3 1/8 inches (7.9 cm)
Sculpture
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund
50.189
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Low-Beer, New York, New York, USA)
1950-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Ecke, Gustav. "Once again Hui-Hsien: Fraud and Authenticity of the Figurines," Artibus Asiae. New York: New York University, vol. 15 (1952): pp. 305-23.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Chinese, Figurine, between 481 and 221 BCE. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund, 50.189.
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