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Relief with Dragon from a Funerary Stove Model
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineRelief with Dragon from a Funerary Stove Model (陶炉上的 龍紋), 202 BCE–220 CE. China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). Earthenware with relief decoration; overall: 10 x 27.7 x 1.4 cm (3 15/16 x 10 7/8 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1925.138
