Those wide-open eyes, high eyebrows, and flaring nostrils give this tomb guardian a furious and murderous aura!

This Tomb-guardian Chimera has the face of a human and the body of a beast. Aside from the fierce expression, just the head with its curved fangs, fan-shaped ears, blazing hair, and triple horns is enough to strike fear into one's heart.

Would you say that is a sword towering over the tomb guardian's back? Its chest is decorated with a motif of curling grass, from its shoulders rise pairs of wings shaped like flames, and its spine is adorned with a sawtooth pattern. The figure's animal legs and paws are tucked underneath its belly and its tail is curled up between its four limbs. Sitting with its chest stuck out and abdominal muscles tightened, it has a rather unique form. The green ornaments on the pedestal look like snakes as well as twisting vegetation, adding some soft lines to the otherwise hard figure.

No glaze has been applied to the tomb guardian's head, the spine-shaped objects rising from its back, and its hoofs. The rest has been colored with yellow, brown, and green glaze. Its chest is even decorated with a blue cobalt glaze, the epitome of tri-color glaze colors due to how precious it was at the time. The tomb guardian's form is bold and powerful, combining the appearance and bearing of both beast and human. As the guardian spirit of a buried person, it was used to ward off evil and protect the peace inside the tomb. It’s very rare for a large and delicate object such as this to have been preserved in such a good state. It can be considered the best tri-color glazed pottery has to offer, which is why it has been designated as a significant antiquity.