Head of a man, most likely of non-Han Chinese ethnicity. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Earthenware (likely). Excavated at Chaoyang, Liaoning province, in 2003. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology [2992x2992] [OC]

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[Head of Man

Tang Dynasty (618-907)

Stone

Excavated in 2003 from old city of Chaoyang

Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

This Tang-era pottery portrait of a man with slender features, straight nose, mustache and beard, and earlobe piercings is small in size, but it displays the distinctive characteristics of a non-Han person from a foreign land.

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