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Figure of Entertainer

Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)
Not on view
The musical instruments depicted among this group of pottery figures (36.12.1, .2, .10–.13, .16) are typical of those used in popular music of the Han period (206 B.C.–A.D. 220). The instruments all had long histories, having existed for centuries, in the case of the zither, or millennia, in the case of the flute (now missing from the figure of the flutist).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Figure of Entertainer
  • Period: Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Pottery with slip and traces of red paint
  • Dimensions: H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
  • Classification: Tomb Pottery
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1936
  • Object Number: 36.12.1
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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