A Pair of Chinese Pottery Painted Tomb Soldier Figures

Han dynasty period or style, earthenware with red, white, and black pigments, a pair of tomb figures, two standing figures each wearing colored robes and loose trousers, hands in alert position, with painted detail to their faces.

18 1/2 in.

From the Estate of the late Susan C. Frankenberg, Hillsborough, North Carolina

Both with scattered nicks, pigment loss; probably originally held staffs now lacking; one with loss to one hand.