Watchtower, 25-220, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtIn this funerary sculpture of the watchtower
Watchtower, 25-220, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtIn this funerary sculpture of the watchtower is a lively retinue of hunters, musicians, dancers, and domestic animals. The representation provides a vivid picture of the worldly enjoyment to be perpetuated in the otherworldly realm of the afterlife. A low-temperature lead glaze is applied to its earthenware body, enhancing the modeled forms with a brilliant, smooth coating like a layer of opaque glass.Size: Diameter: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.); Overall: 54.3 cm (21 3/8 in.)Medium: earthenware with lead glazehttps://clevelandart.org/art/1989.71 -- source link
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