Funerary Couch with Images of Filial Piety (Translation)
孝子畫像圍屏石棺床 北魏 (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

Educational
early 6th century
Chinese
Funerary Art
Furniture and Furnishings
Jade and Stones
Limestone with pigments, gold and silver leaf
East Asian Art
China
Overall: 36 3/4 × 82 3/4 × 39 3/8 in. (93.35 × 210.19 × 100.01 cm)
Overall (a): 19 3/4 × 37 1/2 × 2 in. (50.17 × 95.25 × 5.08 cm)
Overall (b): 20 × 39 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (50.8 × 100.33 × 5.72 cm)
Overall (c): 19 3/4 × 38 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (50.17 × 97.16 × 6.35 cm)
Overall (d): 19 3/4 × 38 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (50.17 × 97.16 × 6.35 cm)
Overall (e): 17 1/4 × 49 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (43.82 × 125.73 × 13.97 cm)
Overall (f): 17 1/8 × 35 1/2 × 5 in. (43.5 × 90.17 × 12.7 cm)
Overall (g): 17 3/4 × 18 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (45.09 × 46.36 × 8.89 cm)
Overall (h): 18 × 19 × 4 in. (45.72 × 48.26 × 10.16 cm)
2005.7a-h
G225 - East Asian Gallery
Northern Wei dynasty (386-535)
None
None
Incised in the scenes of the side and back panels, from left to right: Scene 3. 孝子郭鉅殺兒養母天金一釜. Scene 4. 孝孫持祖還舍來緣時. Scene 5. 此是王寄 (祥) 日用三生母食時. Scene 8. 此是董永看父鋤時. Scene 9. 丁蘭侍木母食時. Scene 10. 此是蔡順臨尸見火不起時.
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
"Ritual Objects and Early Buddhist Art," Gisele Croës, Arts d'Extreme-Orient, at Gallery Danese, 41 E. 57th Street, NY, NY, 22 - 31 March 2004
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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