Fine Large Chinese Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Kneeling Figure

This rare pottery figure of a kneeling servant or attendant was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from a grey pottery that is unusually highly-fired, having an almost "metallic" ring to it when tapped. It has been "cold painted" in a base coat of white pigment on top of which have been painted pink, red and black pigments with, remarkably, almost all of the original pigment still remaining, albeit some of it now beneath "calcified" accretions from extended burial. Note especially the detail of the facial features. The holes in his sleeves are where originally would have been placed articulated wooden hands, now long since rotted away and lost.

Most known Han figures of this general type are much smaller; this is a particularly large example with a height of 25 cm (approx. 10 inches). It is in fine condition and has no restoration or repair.

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