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Painted pottery chess player Western Han dynasty
Painted pottery chess player Western Han dynasty
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Painted pottery chess player Western Han dynasty
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Painted pottery chess player Western Han dynasty
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BATEA : 735
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figure
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ceramic; pottery; chess player; Han; earthenware; figure; burial; tomb; China; game; liubo
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A moulded pottery figure in the squatting pose wearing a long draped robe and hair in a top knot. The whole piece is painted with a unfired white pigment. The facial features are shown in reserve with a mournful expression indicating he is probably losing.
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ceramic
Description condition
eroded colouring, minor cracks, eroded features
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grey
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white paint
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12.4 cm
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206 BC = 8 AD
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Western Han dynasty
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