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Description: | Hollow standing animal tomb figurine, in the form of a dog body combined with an elephant head, of which the trunk is missing. It carries a saddle on its back surmounted with a hollow bulbous pot. The clay is a coarse buff earthenware. The figurine is decorated with green, amber and yellowish lead glaze. It was used as a burial good.
caption: Lateral view of object no. 35.192 from right.
caption: Half-lateral view of object no. from right | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | Ceramics Death figures (art) Chinese Peoples lead glaze earthenware figures | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-53267 | Go to resource |
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