Ewer with Dancing Figure, Tang dynasty (618–907), ca. 9th century, China, Stoneware with white slip, pigment, and applied decoration under straw glaze (Changsha ware), H. 6 in. (15.2 cm), Ceramics, The curly hair of the dancer appliqued to the ewer suggests that this figure is not of Chinese ethnicity. He may represent a South or Southeast Asian individual, or even someone from Central Asia. Similar dancing figures, depicted on ceramics from north China, often represent Sogdians, a trading people based in present-day Uzbekistan, known for their whirling dances
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Ewer, Dancing Figure, Tang dynasty, 618–907, ca, 9th century, China, Stoneware, white slip, pigment, applied decoration under straw glaze, Changsha ware, H, 6, 15.2 cm, Ceramics, curly, hair, dancer appliqued, ewer, figure, Chinese ethnicity, represent, South, Southeast Asian, individual, even someone, Central Asia, Similar dancing, figures, depicted, ceramics, north China, represent Sogdians, trading people, based, present-day Uzbekistan, whirling dances
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