Dog / Artist Unknown, China

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Accession Number
1993/1.96
Title
Dog
Object Creation Date
1st century - 2nd century
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
China (nation)
Shaanxi (province)
or Henan (province)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
China (nation)
Creation Place 3
Shaanxi (province)
Creation Place 4
or Henan (province)
Dimensions
45 cm x 48 cm x 28.7 cm (17 11/16 in. x 18 7/8 in. x 11 5/16 in.)
Century
1st-2nd century
Primary Object Classification
Sculpture
Primary Object Type
model
Secondary Object Classification
Ceramic
Secondary Object Type
funerary sculpture
Physical Description
pottery model of a standing dog, as part of the grave furnishing in a Han tomb
Subject Matter
Chinese ideas of the afterlife required that a tomb be fully equipped with the paraphernalia to keep the departed soul comfortable throughout the coming ages. In earlier centuries live humans and animals were co-buried with kings, but by the Han dynasty, the dead were content with clay models, and almost any family of reasonable means could provide for their ancestors. This congenial creature is one of hundreds excavated from Han period tombs, evidence that the dog was well established as man’s best friend by a thousand years ago.
Primary Keywords
dog
funerary art
grave goods
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1993/1.96
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"Dog; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1993-sl-1.96/1993_1.96.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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