2012_91_59b.jpg
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2012_91_59b.jpg
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Tomb guardian (唐朝) Tang dynasty(comma) Northwest China(comma) 618 – 906 CE. Painted earthenware figure. Three pairs of guardians were placed at the entrance of a high ranking court official’s tomb; beefy warriors(comma) mythical beasts and finally civil officials. This beefy warrior would have had a companion; they were the（防线）fángxiàn(comma) first line of defense to fight evil spirits. Tomb raiders would have encountered these figures first. Fortunately the raiders were looking for gold and jewels leaving many of these fine ceramic figures to be found by archaeologists.
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“2012_91_59b.jpg,” LibMesa, accessed December 22, 2024, https://libmesa.unm.edu/items/show/357.
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