Figure of an Attendant with Hands Clasped below Waist
200-168
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Figure of an Attendant with Hands Clasped below Waist
200-168
Physical Qualities
Earthenware with unfired pigments, 56.5 x 16.5 x 10.5 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of George and Julianne Alderman, Baltimore
Object Number
2000.340
These clay figures (BMA 2000.340-341), made especially for inclusion in a tomb, were two of a large number of attendants standing in similar positions and dressed alike. They probably held banners of wood and cloth, indicating the identity or rank of the deceased.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2000; George and Julianne Alderman, Baltimore; Michael Teller, Williamsburg, Virginia (acquired after 1990)
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The Quest for Eternity, San Franciso: Chronicle Books/ Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987 (exhibition catalogue), pp. 17-52, 68-74, cat. nos. 11-14, 18-21, fig. 6, ill.
Fine Asian Works of Art, Butterfields, San Francisco, Sale 71180, 6/27/2000, nos. 3412, 3414, ill. 3412, a group of 13 figures with an estimate of $12,000-$15,000, sold for $6,800 + 15% premium; 3414 with an estimate of $4,000-6,000 did not sell.
Fine Asian Works of Art, Butterfields, San Francisco, Sale 71180, 6/27/2000, nos. 3412, 3414, ill. 3412, a group of 13 figures with an estimate of $12,000-$15,000, sold for $6,800 + 15% premium; 3414 with an estimate of $4,000-6,000 did not sell.
