Large Chinese Han Terracotta Attendant. Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD. A substantial ceramic attendant figure modelled standing with hands held within voluminous sleeves at waist, dressed in floor-length robes, footwear emerging beneath, the face with diminutive eyes and mouth, dressed centrally-parted hair; traces of painted pigmentation remaining.See Caroselli, S.L. edn., The Quest For Eternity Chinese Ceramic Sculptures From The People's Republic Of China, London, 1987, cat. no.19, for similar example; see The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 2000.662.1a, b, for a comparable example.6 kg, 67cm (26 1/2"). From a West Country collection, 1990s.