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A work made of wood with traces of polychrome pigments.

Standing Attendant

Warring States period (480–221 BCE), 4th or 3rd century BCE

China

China

In Chu tombs, wood sculptures of men and women were placed in compartments surrounding the coffin. Natural weathering has accentuated the elegant attenuation of these figures. Some were constructed with separate forearms and hands, now lost, that were tenoned into small holes in their sleeves.

Wood with traces of polychrome pigments

Arts of Asia