Relief with Dragon from a Funerary Stove Model
-206–220
- Medium
- earthenware with relief decoration
- Dimensions
- Overall: 10 x 27.7 x 1.4 cm (3 15/16 x 10 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)
About
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.