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Triangular Brick with Horse, Phoenix, and Tigers

Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), c. 1st century B.C.
Earthenware with impressed decoration

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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