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View full screenTomb figure (tudishen, earth spirit) with a bull's body and legs, bearded human head with a single horn on top, and wings on shoulders, of buff pottery covered with a transparent lead glaze coloured with washes of orange-brown, yellow and green, the head unglazed with traces of pigmentation: China, Tang dynasty, 618 - 907 AD
A.1949.176
China, East Asia
618 - 907
Tang Dynasty, Chinese
Buff pottery; head unglazed and bearing traces of pigmentation; remainder covered with a transparent lead glaze coloured with washes of orange-brown, yellow and green
Exploring East Asia (08 Feb 2019)
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