Special Exhibitions China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200–750 AD Contents Page Fall of an Empire The Coming of the Xianbei and Other Nomads The Silk Road North and South: late 5th–late 6th century Reunification: late 6th–8th century

Tomb guardian with leonine head Tang dynasty (618–907), 7th century Baked clay with pigments H. 29 1/2 in. (75 cm) Excavated from Tomb 216, Astana, Turfan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 1972 Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum

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