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Relief with Tiger from a Funerary Stove Model
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineRelief with Tiger from a Funerary Stove Model (陶炉上的 虎紋), 202 BCE–220 CE. China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). Earthenware with relief decoration; overall: 10.2 x 27.4 x 1.5 cm (4 x 10 13/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1925.140
