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Apr 30, 2018
Relief with Dragon from a Funerary Stove Model
Relief with Dragon from a Funerary Stove Model
陶炉上的 龍紋
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.)
Weight: 0.62kg
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1925.138
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Han dynasty tombs were often furnished with grave goods to provide the deceased with items for the afterlife.
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Han dynasty tombs were often furnished with grave goods to provide the deceased with items for the afterlife. This panel with a dragon was part of a miniature pottery stove to be placed in a burial chamber. The dragon is an auspicious creature and an animal of the cardinal directions that protects the east.
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