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Pig Sty Model
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Pig Sty Model

Date25-220
Label TextThe practice of providing the afterlife with necessities and comforts of daily life reached a high point in the Eastern Han dynasty with lively images of almost all tangible aspects of the human world. Domesticated animals such as pigs and chickens represented sources of food, while dogs-particularly popular as pets-served as tomb guardians. Legend has it that the Han Emperor Lingdi, who reigned around A.D. 170, even bestowed on his favorite dog the status of jin xian, the highest literary rank of the time. Ritual observances, centered around cooking and eating, played an important role in the Han funerary rites. Stoves, seen both in the pictorial arts and in models, offer insights into the culinary practices and even the menus of two thousand years ago. The model of a grain mill shows treadle-powered grindstones and mortars for processing grain, important technological advances developed for food production which remained unchanged in China until modern times.
Object number43.6
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Timeless Grandeur: Art from China" April 25, 2002 - June 12, 2005
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions2 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (6.99 x 24.13 x 18.42 cm)
MediumEarthenware with lead glaze
Well-head model
Chinese
2nd-1st century B.C.
Object number: 33.32
Model of a grain mill
Chinese
Object number: 33.33
Geese pen model
Chinese
206 B.C.-A.D. 220
Object number: 41.9
Model of a watchtower
Chinese
25-220
Object number: 91.203
Model for official unit of measure for rice
Chinese
618-906
Object number: 62.112
Model of the Prophet's house
Persian
12th-13th century
Object number: 62.31
Stove model
Chinese
ca. 2nd century B.C.
Object number: 55.45
Photo: Paul Macapia
Anselm Kiefer
1990
Object number: 2007.120
Chinese
late 3rd century B.C.-early 3rd century A.D.
Object number: 38.8
Photo: Paul Macapia
Chinese
Object number: 69.22