Tomb model of a watchtower


Models (including the central watchtower), 1st–early 3rd century C.E. (Eastern Han dynasty), earthernware with green lead glaze, China, 104.1 x 57.5 x 29.8 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)


Additional resources

This work at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Han Dynasty (206 B.C.–220 A.D.) on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.


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Cite this page as: Dr. Cortney E. Chaffin and Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank, "Tomb model of a watchtower," in Smarthistory, April 19, 2023, accessed March 29, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/tomb-model-of-a-watchtower/.