Ceramic: figure

One unglazed grey-tan earthenware figure. Figure is moulded in the form of a hollow cylinder truncated at the hip. The arms are raised with the hands pressed to the cheeks and the tongue protruding. Traces of red and brown pigment on eyes nose and tongue.

Rewi Alley

Part of collection Alley gave to Canterbury Museum during Museum director Roger Duff's trip to China in 1956.

165x86x97mm (l x w x h)

C1956.215

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Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.), likely copy