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Apr 30, 2018
Panel from Model Cooking Stove: Raven Flanked by Snake-Entwined Tortoises
Panel from Model Cooking Stove: Raven Flanked by Snake-Entwined Tortoises
陶炉上的 龜蛇烏鴉浮雕
100–1 BC
Earthenware with impressed relief decoration
Overall: 12.4 x 18.2 x 1.7 cm (4 7/8 x 7 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Weight: 0.5kg
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1925.139
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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. Four earthenware panels were made in molds and then joined together to make a miniature model of a stove, which was placed in a burial chamber. The four sides show the animals of the cardinal directions.
Two snake-entwined turtles designate the north, and here flank an archway that simulates the opening for fueling the stove. Above the arch perches a raven, which is identified with the sun, perhaps depicted here to denote the heat issuing from the false opening.
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