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Earthenware figurine depicting the Queen Mother of the West. c. 2nd century CE, Eastern Han Dynasty. Cat # 2000.106.1740. From the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of China at the Royal Ontario Museum.

This figurine of a reclining water buffalo comes from northern China. It was created during the period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, c. 2nd-3rd centuries CE. (Museum Rietberg, Zürich).

This is an ancient Chinese brick from a tomb doorway, which was created during the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) and made from clay. This brick shows trees, tomb doorways, and tethered horses. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

This is an ancient Chinese brick from a tomb doorway, which was created during the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) and made from clay. This brick depicts dueling boars and tigers. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

A bronze incense burner in the form of a duck. Han dynasty, China, 2nd-3rd centruy CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

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