Mingqi - "Barbaric" (M.C. 8358)

Author(s): anonymous date of production: between 618 and 907 type(s) of object(s): beliefs - customs - cults - ceremonies, sculpture name(s): statuette materials and techniques: terracotta place(s) of execution/realization: china dimensions - artwork: height: 28. 2cm length: 8. 7cm depth: 5. 8cm iconographic description: mingqi dressed in a kouchean type costume. Acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: guillaume, germaine date of acquisition: 18–02–1942 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 8358. Object Type: figurine, sculpture. Genre: figurine. Date: Entre 618 et 907. Dimensions: height: 28.2 cm (11.1 in) ; depth: 5.8 cm (2.2 in). Medium: terracotta. Collection: Musée Cernuschi.