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Lot 169

Two Pottery Figures of a Female Courtier and a Male Warrior, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 9)

Two Pottery Figures of a Female Courtier and a Male Warrior, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 9)
Lot 169 Details
Two Pottery Figures of a Female Courtier and a Male Warrior, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 9)

西汉 男女陶俑一组两件

The burnished earthenware bodies of pale and dark tones with varied patina
tallest height 24.8 in — 63 cm

Estimate $600-$800

Realised: $861
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Two Pottery Figures of a Female Courtier and a Male Warrior, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 9)
  • Two Pottery Figures of a Female Courtier and a Male Warrior, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 9)
  • Two Pottery Figures of a Female Courtier and a Male Warrior, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 9)
Note:

These figures originated from the Yangling Mausoleum in Shaanxi, the burial place of Emperor Jing and Empress Wang of the Han Dynasty. Three distinct types of figures were excavated from the site: warriors, eunuchs, and female courtiers. Traces of textiles indicated that they once wore cloth garments, and small holes at their shoulders suggested that they had movable wooden arms. Each of these figures have highly naturalistic and individualized facial features—a result of a very brief episode of realism in the history of Chinese sculpture during the Qin and Han dynasties.

A number of Yangling burial figures were exhibited in 2017 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, lent by the Museum of Yangling Mausoleum, Xi'an, China.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number SL.1.2017.26.9
Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number SL.1.2017.26.11
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