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Before burnt paper offerings, Chinese buried ceramic figures with their dead for use in the afterlife
servants and household objects Today the ceramic 'sancai' (three colours) figures of horses, people and objects taken from tombs are seen as highly desirable as ornaments for people's homes ...
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World’s earliest image of single-sided stirrup discovered in East China
Among the cultural relics unearthed from the tomb, the 20-centimeter-tall figurine ceramic horseman stood out due to a triangular stirrup visibly hanging on the left side of the horse's belly.