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China; probably Shaanxi province

Female Attendant (Tomb Figurine)

Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), c. 2nd century B.C.
Gray earthenware with slip coating and polychrome pigments
8.3 × 5.6 cm (3.3 × 2.2 in)

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