Han Dynasty Pottery Female Court Attendant kauerpeople these tweezers would have been

these tweezers would have been included in a mummy bundle as an essential tool to serve the deceased beyond death

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The piece bears obvious tool marks and pock-scored faces from being knapped to shape—evidence of fast

Unlike the refined blue and white wares made for the Chinese court

a hallmark of Ewe sculptural aesthetics

Han Dynasty Pottery Female Court Attendant kauerpeople these tweezers would have beenWestern 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