Dancer and Musicians
Pottery figures of entertainers often accompanied the deceased in the afterlife. Here, a female dancer performs the popular “seven dish dance,” tapping dishes with her feet as musicians play a zither and clap. One dish, the only surviving example of the original set of seven, rests under the dancer’s left foot.
Artwork Details
- 漢 彩繪陶樂舞俑（一組）
- Title: Dancer and Musicians
- Period: Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)
- Date: 1st century BCE–1st century CE
- Culture: China
- Medium: Earthenware with pigment
- Dimensions: (a) dancer: H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); D. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
(c) musician: H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); W. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm) - Classification: Tomb Pottery
- Credit Line: Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1994
- Object Number: 1994.605.85a–c
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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