Art Institute of Chicago
Female Attendant
China; probably Shaanxi province
- Date
- Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE), about 2nd century BCE
- Medium
- Gray earthenware with slip and polychrome pigments
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This figure wears the narrow, calf-length robe distinctive of servants. Her facial features, characteristically masklike and serene, are framed by long hair, which is parted and tied in a bun at the nape of her neck. Her cupped hands may originally have held a staff.
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- Object type
- AAT300301253
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