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Attendant

3rd–2nd century BCE
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Object Information
  • Title: Attendant
  • Period: late Warring States–early Western Han (206 BCE–9 CE) dynasty
  • Date: 3rd–2nd century BCE
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Carved wood with lacquer and pigments
  • Dimensions: H. 23 1/4 in. (59.1 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mathias Komor, 1948
  • Object Number: 48.182.1
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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