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CHINESE GENERAL OF THE EARLY TANG DYNASTY (7th century), wearing an armour based on “lokapala” tomb guardian statuettes. These opulent armours would have been made of lacquered leather with colourful painted decoration, reinforced in some areas with iron lamellar and scale, which could have been lacquered too. These armours may have included silk decoration as well, and usually had faces of ferocious mythical beasts on their shoulders (usually a pair of Hindu-Buddhist makaras) and abdomen…

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Visitors to the Yangguan Museum in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu Province, over the recent May Day holiday had the opportunity to see the first restored Mingguang armor from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The 1.86-meter-tall suit of armor gave visitors a window through which they could appreciate the wisdom of ancient Chinese artisans and the charm of China's armor culture.

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