Relief with Rampant Tiger and Boar from a Funerary Stove Model
202 BC-AD 220
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Relief with Rampant Tiger and Boar from a Funerary Stove Model, 202 BC-AD 220. China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shanxi province, Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 220). Earthenware with relief decoration; overall: 10.1 x 22 x 1.7 cm (4 x 8 11/16 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1925.137 Han dynasty tombs were often furnished with grave goods to provide the deceased with items for the afterlife.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- earthenware with relief decoration
- Medium
- earthenware, relief, decoration
- Dimensions
- Overall: 10.1 x 22 x 1.7 cm (4 x 8 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1925.137
- Credit Line
- Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
- Exhibitions
- From Caves to Tombs: Chinese Pictorial Rubbings from Stone Reliefs (Chinese art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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