Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD. A group of three ceramic tomb figures representing female musicians; each is shown kneeling and wearing long sleeved robes painted in red to the upper part and with a black belt across the middle; each has their hair pulled up into a flat bun on the top of the head; one figure holds a guzheng, another a cymbal and another a pot-shaped wind instrument. 1.68 kg total, 17.5cm (7"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1995; accompanied by a thermoluminescence test for one of the three musicians [3] Finely modelled.