Standing Lady

This is the hollow statuette of a standing young woman, her knees slightly bent and her hands, hidden by the long and wide draped sleeves, are held up to her nose. It probably represents a maid in the act of reverence or a dancer. She wears a long, tight dress that enhances her slimness, clinging to the hips and on the legs and flared down to the feet. It has a V-neck, the left flap folded over to the right, secured at the waist by a belt. The underlying shirt, of which only the collar is visible, also has a V-neckline. The stylized folds of the sleeves and the bottom of the dress, (where the tips of the shoes can be glimpsed), are all rendered with deep incised lines and underlined in red pigment. The two raised "V" necklines and the belt are also painted in red. Behind, on the lower edge of the robe, a trapezoidal shape is printed in red and black. The girl has a beautiful face with elongated eyes, a nose and mouth shaped in a refined way. In the earlobes you can see the holes where the earrings were inserted. The hair, made with thin incised lines, has a central part and is combed back in a long tail that goes down to the back. They are gathered by a strap in a soft knot that lets the final lock fall on the right side, and though they are painted in a black, are bright. The facial features are reminiscent of those of the gilded bronze lampholder "of the Changxin Palace", a work from the first half of the II century BC found in the tomb of Princess Dou Wan in Mancheng.