A PAINTED GRAY POTTERY STANDING FIGURE OF A COURT LADY

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A PAINTED GRAY POTTERY STANDING FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
HAN DYNASTY

The attenuated figure standing with body inclined slightly forward, wearing long, layered robes with a flared hem and red borders, the full sleeves socketed for the insertion of hands, the separate head modeled with small features below black-painted hair drawn up in back, traces of red, black and orange pigment and white slip remaining
26¼in. (66.7cm.) high

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For similar examples, see Kandai no Bijitsu, 'The Art of the Han', Osaka Municipal Museum of Fine Art, 1976, no. 21; the Charles B. Hoyt Memorial Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 13-March 30, 1952, Catalogue, no. 67; and Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. I, no. 124 for similar examples