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  1. Painted Pottery Figurine
  2. Han Dynasty
  3. (206 B.C - A.D. 220)
  4.      Generally speaking, 
  5. figurines were made as 
  6. grave goods to accompany 
  7. the deceased into the 
  8. afterlife.  In the Han 
  9. period, in addition to 
  10. pottery figurines, there 
  11. were also a large number 
  12. of wooden figurines.  Such 
  13. figurines normally occur 
  14. in pairs or groups, rather 
  15. than singly.