Farmyard model

Chinese Collection

Accession Nr.: 9797
Type: funeral object; pottery
Date of production:
206 BC – 220 AD
Han dynasty
Place of production:
Materials: earthenware
Dimensions: height: 13.6 cm
talp: 21.5 cm × 19.2 cm
This farmyard has thick, round-edged walls on three sides. On the fourth side, there is a gable-roofed high hen-house, which can can be entered through a semi-circular opening from the yard and through a three-stepped rectangular entrance from the outside.