Guardians of Day and Night, Han Dynasty

Autor:

Anonymous Chinese artist

Credit:

Robert Temple's The Genius of China (1986, New York: Simon and Schuster)

Krótki link:

https://www.plwiki.pl/b/14b7e

źródło:

Wikimedia Commons

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Opis:

Paintings on ceramic tile from the Chinese Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD); these figures, cloaked in Han Chinese robes, represent guardian spirits of certain divisions of day and night. On the left is the guardian of midnight (from 11 pm to 1 am) and on the right is the guardian of morning (from 5 to 7 am). From the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Licencja:

Public domain