1. Merchant figure from a Chinese tomb / circa 750 AD
   
2. Head of a Chinese guardian figure / circa AD 1600
   

Merchant figure from a Chinese tomb

Tang Dynasty, circa 750 AD
Terracotta
Height: 46.4 cm

This terracotta funerary statuette, made of fired clay and painted, represents a Near Eastern merchant-perhaps of carpets, or even of horses since his right arm is raised to grasp a bridle. Because of the exaggerated western physiognomy, it has been suggested that Freud perhaps believed the subject to be a Jew.

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