About this artwork
Han-dynasty grave goods documented even the most mundane aspects of rural life. As illustrated here, latrines—or toilets—were customarily built above a pigsty and connected by pipes to a cesspool. The ar-chitectural style of this well-constructed object resembles models excavated from tombs in Huixian, a city in northern China.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 133
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Title
- Model of a Pigsty and Latrines
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Place
- China (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 99 BCE–99 CE
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Medium
- Gray earthenware with stamped decoration
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Dimensions
- 40.6 × 21.6 × 27.9 cm (16 × 8 1/2 × 11 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Bertha Palmer Thorne
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Reference Number
- 1971.867
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/37716/manifest.json
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