1959.14: Tomb Furnishing in the Form of a Three-Storied Watchtower
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1959.14
- Title
- Tomb Furnishing in the Form of a Three-Storied Watchtower
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 1st-2nd century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/194025
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with much degraded lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over molded, incised, and applique decoration
- Dimensions
- H. 94 x Diam. 44.2 cm (37 x 17 3/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Earl Morse, Harvard Law School, Class of 1930
- Accession Year
- 1959
- Object Number
- 1959.14
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Henry Trubner, Arts of the Han Dynasty, exh. cat., Chinese Art Society of America (New York, 1961), pp. 24-25, no. 8
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Verification Level
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