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Screen support in the shape of a kneeling figure biting
and holding snakes
Western Han dynasty (206 bce-8 ce)
cmGilt bronze; h. 31.5 X 1. 15.8
Unearthed in 1983 from the tomb of the king of Nanyue,
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
Museum of the Tomb of the Nanyue King of the Western
Han Dynasty, Guangzhou