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Tomb Furnishing in the Form of a Granary
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This piece is a hollow, ceramic model of a granary. The building represented is a small rectangular one with a tiled, gabled roof supported on posts and with a ridge pole. Front is articulated with incised lines to simulate the front of a building, with a central door flanked by a window on either side. Chinese characters for numbers 1 to 5 appear on the door in ascending order from bottom to top. One small hole in back for air to escape during firing. The base is flat and unglazed.
Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Joe Yuey in Memory of Langdon Warner
Title: Tomb Furnishing in the Form of a Granary
Description:
This piece is a hollow, ceramic model of a granary.
The building represented is a small rectangular one with a tiled, gabled roof supported on posts and with a ridge pole.
Front is articulated with incised lines to simulate the front of a building, with a central door flanked by a window on either side.
Chinese characters for numbers 1 to 5 appear on the door in ascending order from bottom to top.
One small hole in back for air to escape during firing.
The base is flat and unglazed.
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