Relief with Rampant Tiger and Boar from a Funerary Stove Model

Cleveland Museum of Art

Relief with Rampant Tiger and Boar from a Funerary Stove Model

Date
202 BCE–220 CE
Medium
earthenware with relief decoration
Culture
China, from a tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This pottery panel and 1925.140 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 attacking a boar. Han dynasty tombs were often furnished with grave goods to provide the deceased with items for the afterlife.

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