Pigsty and Latrines

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Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), 1st century B.C./A.D.

China; probably from Henan province

Han grave goods extended to the most mundane aspects of rural life. As illustrated here, latrines were customarily built above a pigsty and connected by pipes to a cesspool. Stylistically, this well-constructed tomb object corresponds to models excavated in Huixian, Henan province.

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

Title: Pigsty and Latrines
Place: China (Artist's nationality)
Date: 99 BCE–99 CE
Medium: Gray earthenware with stamped decoration
Dimensions: 40.6 × 21.6 × 27.9 cm (16 × 8 1/2 × 11 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Bertha Palmer Thorne
Reference Number: 1971.867
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