Relief with Tiger from a Funerary Stove Model
-202–220
- Medium
- earthenware with relief decoration
- Dimensions
- Overall: 10.2 x 27.4 x 1.5 cm (4 x 10 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)
About
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.