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Earthenware with pigments; 40.6 cm, 43.2 × 27.9 × 30.5 cm. Gift of Lloyd E. 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Liu, et al. <em>Recarving China's Past: Art, Archaeology and Architecture of the \"Wu Family Shrines\"</em>, (Princeton University Art Museum, 2005)","citation":"Cary Y. Liu, et al. <em>Recarving China's Past: Art, Archaeology and Architecture of the \"Wu Family Shrines\"</em>, (Princeton University Art Museum, 2005), pp. 248-51, cat. no. 6","date":2005,"id":8331,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/254152310"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[{"id":12607,"period":"Western Han dynasty","alphasort":"Western Han","begindate":-206,"enddate":9,"displayperiod":"Western Han dynasty, 206 BCE–9 CE","displaydate":"206 BCE–9 CE"}],"department":"Asian Art","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199319,"term":"Asian Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"},{"id":2199332,"term":"Princeton Collects","termtype":"Archive | Collection"}],"daterange":"A.D. 1-500","dateend":220,"depicted":[],"titles":[{"title":"Sleeve-dancer","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"hasimage":"true","creditlinerepro":"","objectnumber":"2022-354","inscribed":null,"texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Special Exhibition","textentryhtml":"<p>\n\tHan dynasty nobles were buried alongside diminutive ceramic sculptures of humans and animals. These figures, meant to accompany the deceased into the afterlife, included a wide variety of types: military officers mounted on their steeds, servants, musicians, and dancers. Sleeve-dancers were a favorite theme and reflect the popularity of the art form, which can be traced to the Warring States period (ca. 470–221 BCE). Originally coated with white slip and delicately colored, this dancer is shown midperformance.\n\t\n\tHead bowed, she trails one arm behind her while preparing to unfurl the silk sleeves of the other. Her graceful movements share an affinity with the sweeping brushstrokes in Willem de Kooning’s <i>Woman II</i>, on display to the left.\n</p>","remarks":"Princeton Collects PUAM-LABELS_G32_8x7_Batch1_FNLvendor-Day 1 cataloguing "},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"Purchased by Lloyd E. Cotsen (1929–2017), Class of 1950, and James Lally at [Sotheby’s, New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, March 23, 2004, sale 7974, lot 594], this Sleeve Dancer selected by Lloyd E. Cotsen after a coin toss, with the remaining two figures acquired by James Lally; collection of Lloyd E. Cotsen and Margit Cotsen, 2004–2022; gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2022.\n","remarks":null}],"datebegin":-206,"sortnumber":"2022  354","published_date":"2026-03-31 02:34:57.892658","objectid":43752,"dimensions":"h. 40.6 cm (16 in.)\r\non mount: 43.2 × 27.9 × 30.5 cm (17 × 11 × 12 in.)","on_view":false}