Photographic slide

Description

Photographic slide depicting an elephant, Western Han dynasty (206 BC - 9 AD), at the Tomb of Huo Qubing, Maoling Museum, Xingping, Shaanxi Province, China, 1981, from the Ann Paludan Photographic Archive of Chinese Sculpture

Museum reference

V.2014.10.1.5

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Photographic slide

Production information

Paludan, Ann, 1928 - 2014, Photographer

Date

1981

Associations

Ann Paludan Photographic Archive
Paludan, Ann, 1928 - 2014

References

Paludan, Ann, Chinese Sculpture: A Great Tradition, Serindia Publications, 2006, 109-16

Credit

With the generous support of the family of Ann Paludan. Art historian Ann Paludan pioneered the study of sculptures in China and identified a distinctive Chinese sculptural tradition. Consisting of over 10,000 slides and prints, created over a period of significant change in China between the 1970s and early 2000s, the Ann Paludan Photographic Archive represents three decades of research on the subject and more than 200 site visits in China.