Anthropology museum deaccessed pair of Imperial Tang maidens on custom wood base, similar to various attendants to the princes, princesses, wealthy ministers and distinguished nobles who provided themselves with all that their wealth could buy; not only in life, but also in death. Tomb attendants of clay began to be made by the third century B.C. The Han Dynasty produced countless ceramic funerary figures. By the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907) the techniques of pottery and glazing had advanced considerably and the ceramics industry flourished internationally. Tang pottery figures are varied and lively, reflecting the customs and fashions of the day, such as the distinctive coiffures of these tomb maidens.