Female Figure of a Court Entertainer Dancing (Head)

A pottery head of a female figure with a smooth, serene face, small smiling mouth, and lowered eyes. A tall, rounded headdress rises behind her, trimmed with two flower ornaments, and faint red pigment marks the skin and cap. The neck tapers to a plain base, suggesting a figure once part of a larger dancing body.

Look closer: Faint red pigment traces remain across the cheeks, forehead and cap, visible only on close inspection.

Artist

Unknown

Date

100s CE

Medium

Pottery with traces of color pigment

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

2595 × 3400 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara S. Robinson and Family