• These earth spirits display the vitality, sophistication and technical advances that characterized the T'ang (tahng) DYNASTY in China.
  
  
• These two initimidating winged creatures were buried in a tomb to guard and protect the dead in the afterlife.
  
  
• Like most T'ang pottery figures, these large earth spirits were made by pressing clay into molds.

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