Female 'Long Sleeve' Dancer, 2nd century BCE, 20 5/8 x 8 13/16 x 6 in. ( x x cm), Earthenware, China, 2nd century BCE, Many types of pottery dancing figures have been retrieved from Han tombs, but examples of this large size with finely sculpted naturalistic details, are relatively rare. The performance of ritual dance during Han was a court prerogative, and the number of dancers permitted to each noble was regulated according to his rank and merit

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