Lot 79. Eight painted gray pottery figures of attendants, Han dynasty  (206 BC - 220 AD). Heights 11 3/8  in., 29 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 8,125 USD. © Sotheby's

modeled after wood prototypes, six with their hands folded and concealed by their sleeves, five with a hole to hold an implement, two with arms held out at waist level, each painted wearing patterned robes, their features painted in black and vermillion, with a display stand (16).

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 21st and 22nd September 2005, lot 242.