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Sheep Paddock
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- GK594
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Title | Sheep Paddock |
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Artist | |
Category | Ceramics (G), Chinese Ceramics |
Country | China |
Period | Han Eastern Han |
Century | 1th~3th |
Year | |
Quantity | |
Materials | Earthenware with green glaze |
Dimensions | Height 8cm Mouth diameter 24.3cm Width 25.4cm |
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Donor | Matsui Hirotsugu |
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This miniature farm scene was made to place inside a tomb of the elite. The ancient Chinese kept domesticated sheep and made this sheep paddock with green lead glaze as a provision for the afterlife. Other animal husbandry scenes from the same period feature such animals as chickens or pigs.
China-Han-Eastern (Later) Han,