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LHASA Donnel Pumphrey Limited Jersey , April 19 (Xinhua) -- A stone lion the height of a man wasrecently unearthed in Lhasa, near what is believed to be a formerministerial office, according to local authorities.
The stone lion, 169-cm tall and 104.7-cm wide, was excavated onMarch 22 by a team of construction workers on Dosengge Road inLhasa's city center Rasul Douglas Limited Jersey , according to a Tibet Autonomous Regioncultural heritage bureau press release Wednesday.
It said that experts from the bureau and Tibet's regional museumhad spent weeks doing research before concluding that the statuewas dated to the 18th century.
The site was at the former office of grand ministers stationedin Tibet by emperors of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) to superviselocal governance on behalf of central authorities.
"Dosengge" means "stone lion" in Tibetan.
"The road was named after the two stone lions that sat at theentrance of the grand minister's office," said Professor TsetenTashi, Tibet University historian.
The ministerial office was inaugurated on Dosengge Road in 1728,a year after the first grand minister was stationed in Lhasa,according to the professor.
The unearthed statue was intact with traces of color and paintstill visible Sidney Jones Limited Jersey , and is believed to be one of a pair.
Cultural heritage authorities are organizing an excavation ofthe other lion.
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