2012_91_45.jpg

2012_91_45.jpg

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2012_91_45.jpg

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Horse’s Head (汉朝) Han Dynasty 206 BCE – 220 CE. Painted earthenware tomb furnishing. High ranking Chinese officials from generals to emperors were buried with retinues in order to continue their life style in the next life. Horses were an important part of Chinese culture from the Shang Dynasty on. This head would have been part of a complete horse that would have included a ceramic rider dressed in full Han regalia.

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“2012_91_45.jpg,” LibMesa, accessed December 22, 2024, https://libmesa.unm.edu/items/show/354.

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