Chinese zodiac figure, snake
By the late Jin and Yuan dynasties, the twelve animals of the zodiac were scarcely included in burials. They were often depicted with exaggerated physical features; their heads are disproportionately large and their expressions are playful and mischievous, like cartoon figures. The snake, for example, smirks and rolls its bulging eyes as it raises its head above its coiled body.
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