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Chinese Terracotta Head from a Lokapala, Tang Dynasty Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000 item# 507172
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Don't get into a staring contest with this guy! This intense sculpture of a bald-headed male dates to the Tang Dynasty (618-906 A.D.) and likely originated as part of a large lokapala, one of a set of four guardian figures placed inside the entrance of the tomb. The earliest known examples of guardian figures date from around the 5th century, coinciding with an increased acceptance of Buddhism in China. The Buddhist Guardians of the four cardinal directions, north, south, east and west, mixe ...click for details

Lovely Ban Chiang Jar, Thailand Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Pre AD 1000 item# 449522
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The Ban Chiang civilization is one of the most important historical discoveries of the later 20th Century. Southeast Asia has historically been considered a prehistoric backwater compared to the cultural and technological strides accomplished in ancient China and India. However, the Ban Chiang civilization illustrates that Southeast Asia made unique, independent developments of its own. Ban Chiang village seems to have been founded around 3600 B.C. It persisted until around 250 B.C., at which po ...click for details

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