Kneeling figure of a woman

Object Details

• Description

  Kneeling figure of a woman; soles of feet modelled in relief behind; perforations for removable hands.

  Unglazed pottery.

  Clay: dark buff, fairly smooth, fired hard.

  Decoration: traces of gesso, red, brown, purple, and green pigments.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

  Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Unglazed, Art, Chinese Art, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE), Pottery, Ceramics, Woman

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture