An ancient Chinese female attendant handmade and hand glazed in vibrant turquoise and cobalt blue colors, Ming dynasty 1368-1644.

Superb quality.

The statue is dressed in long gowns with long sleeves, her hands caressing an important attribute needed in the after life:
a precious comb so that she might assist the deceased in the after life maintaining her elite coiffure.

She is richly glazed in vibrant blue colors- a superior feature not often found on these works of art and representative of an important tomb which deserved highest quality pottery representations.

These figures are extremely detailed and are highlighted in red and white cold painted pigments. Most of the original colors remain in tact. The figures were often placed in a north-south direction in coffin chambers to represent the progress of time. People hoped that such an arrangement would encourage the gods to visit and to guard the tomb.

This scarce kind of sculpture is infrequently found in wealthy tombs of the elite and wealthy ancient Ming Chinese.

Dimension: 12.5 inches tall

Condition: Handmade and hand glazed. Superb quality, all figures are original and intact with finely preserved glazes and pigments. As with most Ming dynasty sculptures of this caliber, her head is removable typical of this period.

Provenance: Old European collection originally acquired in Hong Kong 1990s and legally imported into the USA.

Lifetime Guarantee:
Our figures are guaranteed to be crafted during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). A thermoluminescence TL report sampling accurately confirms age of these sculptures from 500-600 years ago (photo)

History:
The Ming dynasty then known as the Empire of the Great Ming ruled China for 276 years (1368–1644) following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. This dynasty has been described as one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history- and was the last imperial dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese.