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Antiquity · Art Institute of Chicago · 80916

Female Dancer

China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE), about 2nd century BCE

Female Dancer at the Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago · Gift of Russell Tyson · Public domain

Artist
China
Date
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE), about 2nd century BCE
Medium
Gray earthenware with slip coating and polychrome pigments
Dimensions
18.3 × 11.5 × 10.4 cm (7 3/16 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/16 in.)
Era
Antiquity

Why it matters

Female Dancer, dated Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE), about 2nd century BCE, is catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago as a work in Gray earthenware with slip coating and polychrome pigments. The museum attributes the work to China. The recorded dimensions are 18.3 × 11.5 × 10.4 cm (7 3/16 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/16 in.). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.