China

Winged Beast (Tomb Figure), Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–9 A.D.)

Gray earthenware, slip-coated with polychrome pigments
22.2 x 43.8 cm (14 7/8 x 27 1/2 in.)
Gift of Stanley Herzman in memory of Gladys Wolfson Herzman; Avery Brundage, Louise Lutz and Russell Tyson Endowments, 1997.337

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Art Institute of Chicago. Selections from the Herzman Collection of Chinese Art: Chinese Ceramics and Lacquers: the Gift of Stanley Herzman in Memory of Gladys Wolfson Herzman, (May 22, 1997-August 31, 1997).

Publication History

Elinor Pearlstein, “Tomb Figure of a Winged Beast,” Museum Studies: Notable Acquisitions at The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Studies, Vol. 30, 1 (2004), pp. 32-33, ill., p. 94.

The Herzman Collection, 2 (Stanley Herzman, 2000), p. 42 (ill.)

Ownership History

Purchased from J. J. Lally, New York