Relief with Dragon from a Funerary Stove Model
202 BC–AD 220
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Relief with Dragon 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 x 27.7 x 1.4 cm (3 15/16 x 10 7/8 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1925.138 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 x 27.7 x 1.4 cm (3 15/16 x 10 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1925.138
- 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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