China; probably Shaanxi province
Female Attendant
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE), about 2nd century BCE
Gray earthenware with slip and polychrome pigments
18 × 14.8 cm (7.1 × 5.8 in)
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● On view now — Gallery 133
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · verified July 2026
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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
This figure wears the narrow, calf-length robe distinctive of servants. Her facial features, characteristically masklike and serene, are framed by long hair, which is parted and tied in a bun at the nape of her neck. Her cupped hands may originally have held a staff.
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