Architectural Panel
CultureChinese
DateHan Dynasty (206 BCE-CE 220)
MediumEarthenware
Dimensions9 5/8 x 28 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (24.5 x 71.5 x 16.2 cm)
Classificationsarchitectural elements
Credit LineSpain Purchase Fund and The William A. Whitaker Foundation Art Fund
Object number2011.2
DescriptionThe hollow rectangular brick (open ends) with thick walls decorated before firing with impressed designs on both sides, the front panel with a taotie mask in high relief in the center, framed by trellis borders and flanked by wide rows of stylized trees and roundels below triangular foliate motifs, thread-relief figures and serpents, the bottom edge with a border of running dragons, the reverse with a broad frieze of the same deeply impressed stylized trees, roundels, and triangular foliate motifs within matching trellis borders.On View
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