Tales from History and Legends: Lintel and pediment of a tomb
late 1st century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware hollow tiles of a tomb lintel and pediment; ink and color on a whitened ground
DimensionsOverall 73.3 x 240.7 cm (28 7/8 x 94 3/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number25.12
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1915, excavated from a tomb in the village of Balitai, near Luoyang, China. 1918, purchased in China by a Mr. Kwen; 1923,sold by Kwen to C.T. Loo and Co., Paris and New York; 1925, sold by C.T. Loo to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853- d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1925, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 1925)
late 1st century B.C.
late 1st century B.C.
late 1st century B.C.
about 1730
late 1st century B.C.
19th century
12th–13th century
13th–14th century
12th century B.C.
1963