Cha 100 BC Han Dynasty Ancient Stickman Sculpture Earthenware Pottery

Standing Stickman from the Han Dynasty. Original ancient Chinese tomb attendants sculpture of a tall, thin standing man wearing a short tunic. Beautifully crafted in grey earthenware terracotta around the 100 BC, during the Han dynasty period between the 206 BC to the 220 AD. This sculpture is hollow-moulded extremely well-detailed and executed with very pleasing facial expression, the hair worn in a knot style typical to that time period. The face and body are decorated with natural color pigments, painted in pink, orange-red and white The shoulders are pierced all the way through the torso with two perforations to fit the wood arms, this parts has been lost due the nature of the material, as usual for this period. Have a measurements of 470 mm by 127 mm by 139 mm (47 x 12.7 x 13.9 Cm) (18.5 x 5 x 5.5 inches). The size is excluding stand. Note: The Stickman figures were only used by the royal family and where placed like armies to help and protect the owner in the afterlife. These figures were modeled after wooden examples. The arms, which likely were wood, and the clothing have disappeared over time. Note: Originally these figures were dressed with clothes and with the elapse of time, their dresses became rotten, they were left dress less, and became naked. Originally they had wooden arms which were fitted on the sockets of the shoulders, and were moveable, now the wooden arms are reduced to ashes because of erosion, and they are missing. The whole surfaces of