Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.

Funerary Model in Mill Form

Artist Unknown

CultureChinese | Eastern Han dynasty

Date1-300

MediumEarthenware

DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (7 x 19.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry in Memory of Nancy Nash Perry

Object number36.8.102

Collections

Asian Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 106

DescriptionGrinder has two parts. Bottom is saucer-like with circular projection 4.75" in diameter at center. Hole, 3/4" in diameter, perforates saucer beside projection. Projection slightly flares then forms a shallow cone on its top surface. Incised circles and striations mark surface. Top fits over cone such as a lid; it would be rotated in grinding action. Lid top in shape of truncated cone with depression at top divided by ridge to form a handle with indented areas for fingers. Short projection from one edge of lid. Surface covered with molded hatch marks in four registers.

Label TextFunerary Model in Mill Form Chinese, Han Dynasty, 1–300 C.E. Earthenware Gift of Dr. James C. Perry, in memory of Nancy Nash Perry 36.8.102a–b