Standing Foot Soldier
167-134
Scroll
Standing Foot Soldier
167-134
Physical Qualities
Earthenware with unfired pigments, 18 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (46.5 x 16.5 x 11 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of George and Julianne Alderman, Baltimore
Object Number
2000.338
White face, moustache; white and black armor with red accents.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2000; George and Julianne Alderman, Baltimore; Michael Teller, Williamsburg, Virginia (acquired after 1990)
Danielle and Vadime Elisseeff, 'New Discroveries in China,' Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1983, no. 77, p. 121: group of mounted soldiers and foot soldier from Yangjiawan, Xianyang (Shaanxi province), discovered 1965 and dated to c. 179-141 BC. The Quest for Eternity, San Franciso: Chronicle Books/ Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987 (exhibition catalogue), pp. 17-52, 68-74, cat. nos. 11-14, 18-21, fig. 6, ill. Fine Asian Works of Art, Butterfields, San Francisco, Sale 71180, 6/27/2000, nos. 3412, 3414, ill. 3412, a group of 13 figures with an estimate of $12,000-$15,000, sold for $6,800 + 15% premium; 3414 with an estimate of $4,000-6,000 did not sell.
