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These three finely carved stone figurines, depicting female musicians dressed in flowing, high-waisted gowns and wearing flat-topped chignon headdresses, were unearthed from the tomb of General Zhang Sheng of the Sui Dynasty (581–618 A.D.) near the city of Anyang in China’s Honan province. The figure on the left is shown holding a pair of cymbals, while the musician on the right gently strums the strings of a traditional Chinese lute, or pipa. The elegantly poised woman behind them focuses intently on finding the correct note on her flute. These three figures, each about 7 inches tall, were among a […]