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Tang dynasty tomb figures are pottery figures of people and animals made in the Tang dynasty of China (618–906) as grave goods to be placed in tombs. There was a belief that the figures represented would become available for the service of the deceased in the afterlife. [ 1 ]
Figures in a cortege, from a wall mural of Li Xian's tomb, dated 706 AD; each figure measures approximately 1.6 m (63 in) in height. The Qian Mausoleum (Chinese: 乾 陵; pinyin: Qiánlíng) is a Tang dynasty (618–907) tomb site located in Qian County, Shaanxi Province, China, and is 85 km (53 mi) northwest of Xi'an. [1]
The first Sancai ceramics from the Tang dynasty were recovered in the early twentieth century. [2] The leading pair are semi-human, winged and cloven and are designed to scare off any intruders into the tomb. One of these has a human face. Behind the leading pair are two Lokapala. These were Buddhist tomb guardians. [3]
Experts believe the tomb was owned by a man who died in 736 AD at age 63, during the middle of the Tang dynasty, which ran from 618 to 907 AD. He was buried in the tomb along with his wife.
Tang dynasty tomb figure, sancai horse, 7–8th century, also using blue, as on the saddle. Sancai (Chinese: 三 彩; pinyin: sāncǎi; lit. 'three colours') [1] is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery and other painted pieces using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown (or amber), green, and a creamy off-white.
Zhao Mausoleum Chinese officer of the Guard of Honour. Tomb of Princess Changle (长乐公主墓), Zhao Mausoleum, Shaanxi province. Tang Zhenguan year 17, i.e. 644 CE Zhao Mausoleum (昭陵; pinyin: Zhāolíng; "Zhao" means the light rays of the sun) is the largest mausoleum of the Tang dynasty and the tomb of Emperor Taizong of Tang (599–649).
The Tang West Market Museum (大唐西市博物館) is a museum in the city of Xi'an, Shanxi, China. It houses many artifacts from the Tang dynasty period and the Silk Road. Part of the base of the tomb as well as the epitaph Tomb of An Bei, a Sogdian merchant and official in China in the 6th century CE, are now in the Tang West Market Museum.
With the completion of the Shaanxi History Museum, it collected over 370,000 precious relics which were unearthed in Shaanxi Province, including bronze wares, pottery figures, and mural paintings in Tang tombs. In particular there are large numbers of pottery Tang dynasty tomb figures from the tombs of the imperial family around the city.