Title

Jade Chinese chess (Go) player or mourner, Western Han dynasty, China, 206 BC-8. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Jade Chinese chess (Go) player or mourner, Western Han dynasty, China, 206 BC-8. A squatting figure of a man grimacing. His arms are bare to the elbows which extend from pendant sleeves. One of his hands is at rest, the other is bent back with the thumb extended as if grasping something.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

206th century BC

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_392

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (559,0Kb) / 7,4in x 9,4in / 2214 x 2831 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men sitting arts carving country play playing game figure China art Chinese guy player color colour death carved location squatting chess artefact dynasty concept grimace go mourning artifact pastime board game seated LEGS CROSSED cross-legged mourner Museum of East Asian Art Han dynasty object Unknown jade jade object