Description

Tang Dynasty Green Clay Tomb figurine of a gatekeeper, this figurine is in exceptionally good condition.

Tomb figure are grave statues that would be placed in graves, in the belief that they would become available to the deceased in the afterlife. They are often referred to as "spirit objects" or "vessels for ghosts." This is a Tang Dynasty Green Clay Tomb Figure. period 9th century AD.

Height figurine: 21cm

The Tang Dynasty (618–907) is famous for its energetically modeled and brightly colored funerary figures. Made of low fired pottery and intended exclusively for burial.