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Hell's judges

They don't have the friendliest looking faces!

 

The Royal Ontario Museum exhibit description reads as follows:

 

Hell's Judges

Henan Province

Glazed earthenware

16th century, Ming dynasty

 

These three Hell's Judges, with highly expressive faces and delicately modelled hands, were originally part of a group of ten. The middle judge holds a ceremonial tablet, while the other two once clasped similar

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