Top: Tile of painted earthenware with ‘Mao’ (cat), one of the 'Shi'erzhi&rsq
Top: Tile of painted earthenware with ‘Mao’ (cat), one of the 'Shi'erzhi’ (twelve earthly branches) of the Chinese calendar, in bas relief: China, Han dynasty, 206 BC - 220 AD Bottom: Tile of earthenware with slip and pigment traces, representing the rat (zi), originally one of a set of twelve with the animals of the Chinese zodiac: China, Six Dynasties, 220 - 589 AD -- source link
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