Posted 10 years ago
cshapiro
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This probably belongs in a museum. I bought two terracotta sculptures several years ago in San Francisco, and this is one of them. I will post the other, which is a soldier.
It's my understanding that this is a Han Dynasty Dancer performing a sleeve dance.
Interesting article about similar artifacts here:
http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/articles.php?searchterm=005_chuking.inc&issue=005
See figures 18 and 19: Pottery dancer
2nd century BCE
Height, 45cm
Unearthed in 1989-1990 from the king's tomb at Tuolanshan
Amazing wild and graceful. Thanks for posting it!
pooh one of the Liu Bang, this sure is han dynasty , top notch !!!
you have to do a Thermoluminescence test