Model of a Grain Storehouse

Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)

China

Burial models attest to the prevalence of multistoried buildings in early imperial China. This two-story structure, simply constructed of clay slabs, has a tile roof and an openwork balcony supported by brackets. Such realistic details are modified by imaginative “squatting-bear” feet. This model may depict a granary, or it may have been assembled with other clay structures to form a residential compound.

Status: On View, Gallery 133
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Model of a Grain Storehouse
Place: China (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 25 CE–220 CE
Medium: Brick-red earthenware with green lead glaze
Dimensions: 51.6 × 33.5 × 11.5 cm (20 5/16 × 13 3/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1924.223
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