cavity under the belly, a feature common to the T'ang and Han animals, and one which I have noticed on bronzes of the same periods. Needless to add, these figures were made in moulds, the seams of which are still visible.[45] [Illustration: Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Plate 5.--T'ang Sepulchral Figures. _In the Benson Collection._ Fig. 1.--A Lokapala or Guardian of one of the Quarters, unglazed. Fig. 2.--A Horse, with coloured glazes. Height 27 inches. Fig. 3.--An Actor, unglazed.] [Illustration: Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Plate 6.--T'ang Sepulchral Figures, unglazed. Figs. 1, 2 and 4.--Female Musicians. Fig. 3.--Attendant with dish of food. Height 9½ inches. _Eumorfopoulos Collection._] [Illustration: Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Plate 7.--T'ang Sepulchral Pottery. Fig. 1.--Figure of a Lady in elaborate costume, unglazed. Height 14½ inches. _Eumorfopoulos Collection._ Fig. 2.--Vase, white pottery with traces of blue mottling: the glaze has perished. Height 8½ inches. _Breuer Collection._ Fig. 3.--Sphinx-like Monster, green and yellow glazes. Height 25 inches. _Eumorfopoulos Collection._] A few examples of the tomb figures are illustrated in the adjoining plates. The tall, slender figure on Plate 7, Fig. 1, seems to represent a lady of distinction. The elaborate head-dress and costume, the necklace and pendant and the belt are all carefully modelled; and the Elizabethan appearance of the collar is curious and interesting. The ware is soft and white like pipeclay, though still caked with the reddish loess clay from which it was exhumed. The style of this figure with its slender proportions is analogous to that of the graceful stone sculptures of the Northern Wei period. The genial monster in white clay and splashed green and yellow glazes illustrated on Plate 7 is one of the many sphinx-like creatures found in the tombs over which they were supposed to exercise a beneficial influence. Sometimes they have human heads on the bull body, and they are then described as _t'u kuai_ or earth-spirits. In the present example we have a form which strongly resembles certain Persian or Sassanian monsters in bronze; and it is highly probable that the idea of this creature came from a western Asiatic source. Plate 5 shows a fine example of a horse in coloured glazes, a fierce figure in warrior's guise, who is, no doubt, one of the Lokapalas or Guardians of the Four Quarters in the Buddhist theogony, and a figure of an actor. The amusements, as well as the serious occupations of the dead, were provided for in the furniture of the tombs. A whole troop of mimes in quaint costumes and dramatic poses is shown in the Field Museum at Chicago, and Plate 6 illustrates three seated figures of musicians as well as a standing figure holding a dish of fruit.