Context (Display)
Old display label found with 1925.287 A-B reads: 'Clay figures, a soldier on the right. Wei dynasty, end 4th to 6th century A.D.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Analysis)
Note on catalogue card for 1925.287 A-B: 'Wei Period. AD 386-549.'
Event Date 1925
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Found together / assemblage)
1925.287 A is numbered 1399 and 1925.287 B is numbered 1398. The two figures are therefore probably from the same source.
Event Date 1925
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1925.287 A-B: 'A. Clay figure of a warrior with a large shield. The shield is broad at base and tapers towards top and is pointed at top.'
Event Date 1925
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Shield has the remains of painted decoration. Flat on back. The right arm is broken off and missing.
Event Date 13/7/2001
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Clay figure of a male warrior with a helmet and a large shield. The shield is broader at the base, with a plano-convex cross section, and tapers towards a pointed top. Faint, brown coloured painted decoration on the shield, consisting of parallel curved lines. Right arm is broken off and missing. Feet are splayed. Back of figure is flat.
Event Date 2/11/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad