Ogre-Headed Guardian Beast (Zhenmushou)

Ogre-Headed Guardian Beast (Zhenmushou)

Tang dynasty (618–907), first half of 8th century · China

Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes and traces of pigments

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Charlotte Bordeaux, Pauline Wood Egan, Gordon P. O'Neill, John O'Neill III, Potter Palmer, Oakleigh B. Thorne,…

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