Han Dynasty seated grey pottery figure, Musician, Eastern Han 1st-2nd c. AD

$540.00 AUD

Chinese grey pottery figure of a seated ‘Entertainer’, moulded seated with hands in lap, with traces of original white pigments.

Eastern Han Dynasty,

1st – 2nd century AD

 

ref. ‘Spirit of Han’ by Aileen Lau 1998 p97 for a group of ‘entertainers’, including one very similar to this one, dated to the Eastern Han. It seem this figure represented a musician, their instrument in their lap.

Condition

Size

14.3cm h.

References

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