Figure of a Falconer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title/Object Name: Figure of a falconer

Culture: China

Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)

Date: ca. late 7th–first half of the 8th century

Medium: Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze and pigments

Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm)

Classification: Tomb Pottery

Credit Line: Gift of Adele and Stanley Herzman, 1990

Accession Number: 1990.291.4

On View

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/asian_...

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This foreign gentleman of the hunt, or falconer, wears a Western Asian-style long coat with wide lapels and Western Asian-style boots. His elaborate tall fitted hat is characteristic of Central Asian headgear.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.