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Source Description
This pottery panel and 1925.137 were made in molds to be joined with other panels to build a miniature stove. The panels, however, are not complete and presumably do not belong together. This panel depicts a tiger protecting the west.
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Document identity
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107430
label
Relief with Tiger from a Funerary Stove Model
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107430
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object
title
Relief with Tiger from a Funerary Stove Model
description
This pottery panel and 1925.137 were made in molds to be joined with other panels to build a miniature stove. The panels, however, are not complete and presumably do not belong together. This panel depicts a tiger protecting the west.
date
202 BCE–220 CE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79895247
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 10.2 x 27.4 x 1.5 cm (4 x 10 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
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China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)
accession
1925.14
Source extras
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earthenware with relief decoration
tombstone
Relief with Tiger from a Funerary Stove Model (陶炉上的 虎紋), 202 BCE–220 CE. China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). Earthenware with relief decoration; overall: 10.2 x 27.4 x 1.5 cm (4 x 10 13/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1925.140
titleInOriginalLanguage
陶炉上的 虎紋
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.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 48; Mentioned: p. 50
url
ww.jstor.org/stable/25137106
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. 42:3
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Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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2026-05-29 05:46:29.349000
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107430
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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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