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Female Attendant (Tomb Figurine)

A work made of gray earthenware with slip coating and polychrome pigments.
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  • A work made of gray earthenware with slip coating and polychrome pigments.

Date:

Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), c. 2nd century B.C.

Artist:

China; probably Shaanxi province

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 133

Department

Arts of Asia

Title

Female Attendant (Tomb Figurine)

Place

China (Artist's nationality:)

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200 BCE–101 BCE

Medium

Gray earthenware with slip coating and polychrome pigments

Dimensions

29.8 × 8.4 × 5.7 cm (11 3/4 × 3 5/16 × 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Russell Tyson

Reference Number

1964.744

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