Art Institute of Chicago
Rectangular Wellhead
China
- Date
- Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), 1st century B.C./A.D.
- Medium
- Gray earthenware with molded decoration
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
The slits cut into opposite sides of this wellhead (a structure that covers a well) were originally fitted with beams to support the roof. The sides visible here depict creatures of this world and the hereafter: a tiger, a camel, and an archer (perhaps an immortal) aiming at a dragon. The back is molded with a dragon and tiger.
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- Object type
- AAT300301253
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