A phoenix-headed bottle
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Measuring 31.8cm in height, the bottle was unearthed in the suburbs of Xi'an, Shaanxi. The area right below the mouth is in the shape of a phoenix head, and horse-riding hunters with arrows are carved on the belly of the bottle. |
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- A sitting woman figurine
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- A standing woman figurine
- The figurine, measuring 8cm in width and 34cm in height, was unearthed from Lingzhao Township of Chang'an County in Shaanxi Province.
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- The figurine was unearthed from a Tang Dynasty tomb in Zhongbao Village of Xi'an in Shaanxi.
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- A figurine of a camel holder
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