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Pottery zhenmushou (a tomb guardian beast)Early
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Pottery zhenmushou (a tomb guardian beast)Early
Pottery zhenmushou (a tomb guardian beast)Early
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Pottery zhenmushou (a tomb guardian beast)Early Tang dynasty (7th century)
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Pottery zhenmushou (a tomb guardian beast)Early
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BATEA : 615
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beast
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ceramic; earthenware; animal; zhenmushou; Tang; burial; China; 7th century; tomb guardian
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A large pottery tomb guardian beast (zhenmushou) with dog-like body seated on all fours on a flat plinth. The creature has horns on forehead and shoulders and flame point on head and three fins on its back. The human face has a pair of large ears at right angles, the feet with hooves like a horse, all with traces of unfired pigment and slip.
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ceramic
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good
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53cm
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Case 1-21
Production date
7th century
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early Tang
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China
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