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"China - Terracotta Lancer Soldier - Han Dynasty - Tl"
Chinese soldier of the Lancer type in a standing position wearing a long, cross-coated tunic of black colour with wrists and white collar closed with a red belt. A strip pen is placed and tied on the left shoulder. Bouffant trousers topped with a cloth garment. The face is triangular in shape and wears a red band at the base of the hair. The hair is tied in a bun on the back. He originally held a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. Terracotta with white engobe and polychromies remainder. The shield and the spear are current objects executed by a craftsman and completing the set. A thermoluminescence test from the Re Laboratory. S. Artes accompanies the object to authenticate its dating.
Origin: China
Period: Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AC).
Dimensions: Height: 46 cm; width: 16 cm.
Conditions: Very good general condition

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