Brick painting originated in the warring states period, prevalent in the Han dynasty, mostly in the tomb murals, some used in palace building. The subject matter can be divided into portrait, text and pattern, etc. Therefore, they are not only works of art, recording the social production, living material, but also a treasure of ancient painting and sculpture, and an important material for the study of Chinese sculpture.
Brick Relief of Sheep Wine Vessel And Tavern (25/220)Sichuan Museum
This liquor store was very common during the Han dynasty in sichuan. We can know from the brick, there is a wine seller, one hand holds the measure, the other hand hands out the vessel. And there are two broad-sleeved hawkers outside the store.
Brick Relief of Axe Chariot (25/220)Sichuan Museum
The graph is a horse riding a YaoChe without cover. There is an axe on the bus, and two spears were slanted on either side of the carriage. Two people are on the bus, right for the royal, left for the official. It's a mode of travel in the han dynasty.
Brick Relief of Conviviality (25/220)Sichuan Museum
In Han dynasty, people would play music or dance in addition to dining out at banquet. In this brick, there is a case at the top of the picture, and have wine bottle, cup, food and other utensils at the bottom of the picture. A man and a woman eat together and two people, one of them is stroking the strings, and another is singing. The left next one bending his body and stretching his hands, beating the drum as the joint.
Brick Relief of Long Sleeve Dance (25/220)Sichuan Museum
Two people wearing long gowns and dancing opposite to each other. The right dancer's long dress rests on the ground. On the right and left, one person holds a sector obstructions, while the waiter on the left holds a stick in his right hand.
Brick Relief of Musical Performance on A Camel (25/220)Sichuan Museum
Brick, like square molded. Bas-relief. In the picture, the camel is covered with a belt, and it has a Yan on the tail. A drum is built between two peaks on the back, and the drum is decorated with feather remains, and there is a drummer on both sides.
Brick Relief of Bell and Sword Dancing (25/220)Sichuan Museum
On the right of the picture, a shirtless man acting "jump bottle" by left elbow and "jump ball" by right hand. On the left, a shirtless man performed "dancing pills", two hands are waving seven pills. On the lower right a woman is dancing with holding a long towel. On her left, a man holding a stick with his right hand, and he wants to play a drum to accompanying. On his left the two musicians is playing a pan-pipe. The man and woman in the upper right are sitting on the ground in crowns, and they are watching the wonderful performance.
Brick Relief of Feast (25/220)Sichuan Museum
There are seven nobles with dressing top hat and widen belt. They all sit on the floor, and there are cases and bowls, spoons, cups and other utensils, some of them touch plates and raise glasses, mutual toast.
Brick Relief of Tray Dance and Acrobatics (25/220)Sichuan Museum
The figure shows 12 cases overlapping on the left, a woman with a bun on her head performing a reverse bow, and a man on the right performing a jumping pills. In the middle, a woman is beating a drum with a long towel. And there are seven plates are turned over under the dancer's feet.
Brick Relief of Supporting the Aged (25/220)Sichuan Museum
The front barn was close to the steps to prevent the wet. The barn has two doors with latches, and there are two air windows on the roof to ventilate. There is a gauge before it and a old man kneeling on the ground with holding the cane. Before him, a man weighed his chestnut in the cellar.
Brick Relief of Marketplace (25/220)Sichuan Museum
There is a building in the picture, and a man is climbing the stairs. A shopkeeper sells to a man of the city. It vividly shows the daily life of the people in Han dynasty.
Brick Relief of Mulberry Garden (25/220)Sichuan Museum
The lower left corner of the picture is a door, a man holding a long rod in the garden, where the mulberry trees are high and dense.
Brick Relief of Cooking (25/220)Sichuan Museum
There are two men sit behind the long stone case, and preparing the dishes. Behind the body, there is a rack with three pieces of meat on it. On the right is a rectangular stove with a kettle and steamer. A man stands in front of the stove, reaches out his hand to operate on the steamer.
Brick Relief of Brewing (25/220)Sichuan Museum
There is a stove in the room, and in front of the stove, there are three wine vats and a large kettle of wine on the back side of the furnace. One stands in front of the kettle, the sleeves are rolled high up. His left hand depends on the side of the kettle, and the right hand operates in the kettle. The woman in the right is in command. And a man looks around in the outside. At the top left of the brick was a man in short clothes, pushing a unicycle with square containers with both hands. The next man carried a wine jar on his shoulder and keep looking back. This brick reflects some cases of wine making in Han dynasty and oven-barter.
Brick Relief of Two Riding Officials (25/220)Sichuan Museum
There are two officials with long prayer flags rinding on the scene, moving slowly.
Stone Coffine Engraved With Acrobatics On Feast (25/220)Sichuan Museum
The head is carved with twin Que towers, and the trailing end is carved with Fuxi Nuwa picture. The side of the coffin for the banquet hundred plays, on the other side engraved Mr Yan Angle and water hippy map.
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