Figure of a Tomb Guardian, Tang dynasty (618–907), ca. late 7th–first half of the 8th century, China, Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze and pigments, H. 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm), Tomb Pottery, Although he obviously represents a racial group from the West, this armor-clad warrior stood sentinel in a Chinese tomb to protect its inhabitant from harm.
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Figure, Tomb Guardian, Tang dynasty, 618–907, ca, late 7th–first half, 8th century, China, Earthenware, three-color, sancai, glaze, pigments, H, 16 3/8, 41.6 cm, Pottery, obviously represents, racial group, West, armor-clad warrior stood, sentinel, Chinese tomb, protect, inhabitant, harm
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