Rubbing
85-37-24
From: China | Sichuan | Leshan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 85-37-24 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Sichuan | Leshan |
| Date Made | 1930's |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Ink | Rice Paper |
| Iconography | Bow | Figure |
| Description | Man Loading Crossbow from Tomb 5 of Shiziwan, Leshan. A man loading a crossbow. This is a common depiction throughout Sichuan cliff tomb reliefs. There are similar depictions from other tombs such as those at Neijiang. There may be a connection between the popularity of this depiction and a story of rising to officialdom from the lowly rank of crossbowman recorded in the Hanshu. Black ink on rice paper. From Han tomb reliefs. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Anneliese Gutkind-Bulling, 1985 |
| Other Number | 26 - Other Number |
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