Object Title
Group of Painted Tomb Figures
Measurements
1) 27 1/2" h x 11" w x 6 1/2" d; 2) 21 1/2" x 8 7/8" x 21 5/8 l; 3) 21 1/4" x 8" x 21 1/8"; 4) 18 1/2" x 5 5/8" x 3 1/4"; 5) 7 1/4" x 4 3/4" x 12 5/8"; 6) 10 1/4" x 5 5/8" x 11" l; 7) 13 1/4" x 4" x 10"; 8) 13 1/4" x 4" x 9 1/2"; 9) 23" x 11" x 6 1/2"
Creation Date
Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Kai Yiu Yeung and Pam Piper Yeung
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/2017.446
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
End of Tang dynasty (907 CE)
Provenance Information
(Private Dealer), Maryland, before 1997; Collection of Dr. Kai Yiu Yeung [b. 1944] and Pam Piper Yeung [b. 1945], Maryland by 1990s; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2017.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
N/A
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Works add to Museum's Han Dynasty collection by adding several important object types that also allow opportunities to put objects into public domain and facilitate further research.