Female Attendant, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), c. about 2nd century BCE, probably Shaanxi province. Gray earthenware with slip and polychrome pigments, 57.2 × 18 × 14.8 cm. Art Institute of Chicago, Potter Palmer Collection, gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, 1951.183.

This figure wears the narrow, calf-length robe distinctive of servants. Her facial features, characteristically masklike and serene, are framed by long hair, which is parted and tied in a bun at the nape of her neck. Her cupped hands may originally have held a staff.

Female Attendant (Tomb Figurine), Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), c. 2nd century B.C., probably Shaanxi province. Gray earthenware with slip coating and polychrome pigments, 29.8 × 8.4 × 5.7 cm. Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Russell Tyson, 1964.744.

Female Attendant (Tomb Figurine), Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), c. 2nd century B.C., probably Shaanxi province. Gray earthenware with slip coating and polychrome pigments, 30 × 8.3 × 5.6 cm. Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Russell Tyson, 1964.745.