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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 stove's four sides show the animals of the cardinal directions. The vermilion phoenix-bird faces south.
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107385
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Panel from Model Cooking Stove: Vermilion Bird
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107385
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title
Panel from Model Cooking Stove: Vermilion Bird
description
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 stove's four sides show the animals of the cardinal directions. The vermilion phoenix-bird faces south.
date
100–1 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
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en
wikidata
Q79895233
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Ceramic
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 11.5 x 18.4 x 1.6 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 5/8 in.)
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China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE)
accession
1925.136
Source extras
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earthenware with impressed relief decoration
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Panel from Model Cooking Stove: Vermilion Bird (陶炉上的 朱雀浮雕), 100–1 BCE. China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE). Earthenware with impressed relief decoration; overall: 11.5 x 18.4 x 1.6 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1925.136
titleInOriginalLanguage
Panel from Model Cooking Stove: Phoenix
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China - Han Dynasty
didYouKnow
Han dynasty tombs were often furnished with grave goods to provide the deceased with items for the afterlife.
citations
citation
Whiting, Frederic Allen. “The Bequests of Mary Warden Harkness: A Tribute and an Accounting.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 15, no. 2, 1928, pp. 43–50.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 48; Mentioned: p. 50
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ww.jstor.org/stable/25137106
citation
Janse, Olov and C.T. Loo. <em>Briques et objets céramiques funéraires de l'époque des Han</em>. Paris: Les Éditions d'art et d'histoire, 1936.
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Reproduced: Plate XXVI
citation
Trubner, Henry. <em>Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung; A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. March 14 to April 27, 1952</em>. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1952.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 55, fig. 42:6
citation
Wilson, J. Keith. “Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 77, no. 8, 1990, pp. 286–323.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 301, cat. no. 25, fig. 19
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Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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2026-06-17 11:19:43.430000
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107385
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Chinese Art
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China - Han Dynasty
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earthenware with impressed relief decoration
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