Cleveland Museum of Art
Female Figure of a Court Entertainer Dancing (Head)
- Date
- 100s CE
- Medium
- Pottery with traces of color pigment
- Culture
- China, Sichuan province, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 541307
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
During the Han era, tombs of the elite were provided with sculpted renditions of their earthly entourage, such as guardians or musicians, to signify their status in the afterlife. The female dancer with elaborate hairdo held by flower ornaments raises one arm holding her wide sleeve with one hand, while the other lifts her robe to reveal what appears to be a drum underneath her garment, her face smiling, all in a gesture of an entertainer. The dancer lifts her robe to reveal what appears to be a drum underneath her garment.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- Gift of Barbara S. Robinson and Family
- Provenance
- ?–1999: (Lally, Ltd., New York, NY, sold to Barbara S. Robinson) | before 1980s–2023: Barbara S. Robinson [d. 2023], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2023–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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