Ancient artifacts about sheep

Updated: 2015-02-03 07:00

(Chinaculture.org)

A sheep-shaped Xun [Photo/Artron.net]

During the Tang and Song dynasties, sheep patterns were widely used as decoration on utensils and other items. For example, this is a sheep-shaped Xun, an ancient holed wind instrument, which was a children's toy in the Song Dynasty.