Female Dancer

China

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 207

This figure vividly captures the moment when, with one long sleeve thrown back and the other trailing down, a dancer gently stoops and flexes her knees as she lifts one heel to advance her step, performing a dance described in Han dynasty poetry:


“Their long sleeves, twirling and twisting,
fill the hall;
Gauze-stocking feet…taking mincing steps,
Move with slow and easy gait
They hover about long and continuous, as if
Stopped in mid-air;
Dazed, one thinks they are about to fall…”

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Female Dancer, Earthenware with slip and pigment, China

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Female Dancer, Earthenware with slip and pigment, China
Female Dancer, Earthenware with slip and pigment, China
Female Dancer, Earthenware with slip and pigment, China
Female Dancer, Earthenware with slip and pigment, China
Female Dancer, Earthenware with slip and pigment, China
Female Dancer, Earthenware with slip and pigment, China
Female Dancer, Earthenware with slip and pigment, China

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