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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Funerary Model of a Stove
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Funerary Model of a Stove

Artist Unknown
CultureChinese | Eastern Han dynasty
Date1st - 3rd century A.D.
MediumLead glazed ware | Ceramic
DimensionsOverall: 3 x 8 x 9 in. (7.6 x 20.3 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry in Memory of Nancy Nash Perry
Object number36.8.98
Not on view
DescriptionRectangular stove rounded at one end; sides have molded pattern of diagonals. Square end has small square opening, molded geometric patterns around it. Top of stove has three hollow truncated cones surrounded by seven molded bosses and molded fish. Green glaze overall, deteriorated with some iridescence.