A pottery model of a lady, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD).
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Of tall slender form, wearing a long robe flaring at the base, with hands clasped together beneath long, decorative cuffs, the hair assembled in a loose knot at the neck. Traces of white paint. Height 31 cm.
Wear. Minor cracks.
Provenance
A Swedish private Collection. Prior to that from the Collection of Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967), a handwritten card describing the object, and dated Stockholm 28 March 1944 enclosed.
