Art Institute of Chicago
Standing Attendant
China
- Date
- Warring States period (480–221 BCE), 4th or 3rd century BCE
- Medium
- Wood with traces of polychrome pigments
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
In Chu tombs, wood sculptures of men and women were placed in compartments surrounding the coffin. Natural weathering has accentuated the elegant attenuation of these figures. Some were constructed with separate forearms and hands, now lost, that were tenoned into small holes in their sleeves.
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- Object type
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