西漢 彩繪陶舞俑, Female Dancer, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 2nd century B.C., China, Earthenware with slip and pigment, H. 21 in. (53.3 cm); W. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); D. 7 in. (17.8 cm), Tomb Pottery, This figure vividly captures the moment when, with one long sleeve thrown back and the other trailing down, a dancer gently stoops and flexes her knees as she lifts one heel to advance her step, performing a dance described in Han dynasty poetry: “Their long sleeves, twirling and twisting, fill the hall; Gauze-stocking feet…taking mincing steps, Move with slow and easy gait They hover about long and continuous, as if Stopped in mid-air; Dazed, one thinks they are about to fall…”
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西漢 彩繪陶舞俑, Female Dancer, Western Han dynasty, 206 B.C.–.D, 9, 2nd century B.C, China, Earthenware, slip, pigment, H, 21, 53.3 cm, W, 9 3/4, 24.8, D, 7, 17.8, Tomb Pottery, figure, vividly, captures, moment, long sleeve, thrown, back, trailing down, dancer gently, stoops, flexes, knees, lifts, heel, advance, step, performing, dance described, Han, poetry, long, sleeves, twirling, twisting, fill, hall, Gauze-stocking feet…taking, mincing, steps, Move, slow, easy gait, hover, continuous, if Stopped, mid-air, Dazed, thinks, fall…
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