泥でい象しょう

noun

clay figure; earthen statue

Refers to clay figures buried with the dead in ancient China, often as funerary objects. A specialized archaeological term.

• この泥でい象しょうは、古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの墓はかから出しゅつ土どした副ふく葬そう品ひんです。

  This clay figure is a burial object excavated from an ancient Chinese tomb.