Art Institute of Chicago
Model of a Pigsty and Latrines
China; probably from Henan province
- Date
- Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), 100 BCE–100 CE
- Medium
- Gray earthenware with stamped decoration
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Han-dynasty grave goods documented even the most mundane aspects of rural life. As illustrated here, latrines—or toilets—were customarily built above a pigsty and connected by pipes to a cesspool. The ar-chitectural style of this well-constructed object resembles models excavated from tombs in Huixian, a city in northern China.
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- Object type
- AAT300301253
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