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Source Description
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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107407
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Relief with Dragon from a Funerary Stove Model
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107407
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title
Relief with Dragon from a Funerary Stove Model
description
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.
date
202 BCE–220 CE
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en
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Q79895240
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Ceramic
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Overall: 10 x 27.7 x 1.4 cm (3 15/16 x 10 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
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China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)
accession
1925.138
Source extras
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earthenware with relief decoration
tombstone
Relief with Dragon from a Funerary Stove Model (陶炉上的 龍紋), 202 BCE–220 CE. China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). 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
titleInOriginalLanguage
陶炉上的 龍紋
collection
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.
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Mentioned: p. 50
citation
Cox, Warren E. <em>The Book of Pottery and Porcelain</em>. New York: L. Lee and Shepard Co.; distributed by Crown Publishers, 1944.
page_number
Reproduced: vol. I, pl. 19
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.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 55, fig. 42:5
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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2026-05-29 05:46:28.197000
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107407
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Chinese Art
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China - Han Dynasty
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earthenware with relief decoration
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