Han Dynasty Pottery Female Court Attendant kauerpeople comprising a traditional hand-woven Chancay

comprising a traditional hand-woven Chancay basket fashioned from tightly plaited totora reeds over a framework of split cane

a hallmark of Ewe sculptural aesthetics

The craftsmanship is exceptional

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Han Dynasty Pottery Female Court Attendant kauerpeople comprising a traditional hand-woven ChancayWestern Han Dynasty, c. 206 BC 220 AD, Shaanxi Province, China An exceptional hollow moulded terracotta figure of a female court attendant from the Western Han Dynasty, sensitively modeled in a poised and reverent stance. The figure is rendered in the characteristic slender proportions of early Han figural sculpture, standing with arms at her sides and dressed in an elegant full length robe with long, swagged sleeves and a cross lapel design, fastened