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Relief with Rampant Tiger and Boar from a Funerary Stove Model
202 BC-AD 220
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This pottery panel and 1925.140 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 attacking a boar.
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- Title: Relief with Rampant Tiger and Boar from a Funerary Stove Model
- Date Created: 202 BC-AD 220
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 10.1 x 22 x 1.7 cm (4 x 8 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
- Provenance: (C.T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880-1957], Paris and New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.137
- Medium: earthenware with relief decoration
- Original Title: 陶炉上的虎豬紋
- Fun Fact: Han dynasty tombs were often furnished with grave goods to provide the deceased with items for the afterlife.
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shanxi province, Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 220)
- Credit Line: Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
- Collection: China - Han Dynasty
- Accession Number: 1925.137
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