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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion
Huo Pavilion
Model of a grain-processing workshop with tilt hammer and mill
Chinese
Eastern Han dynasty, 25–220 CE
2004-103
More Context
Didactics
The workshop is built on a rectangular slab with low slab walls on three sides. On one side is a figure wearing an elaborate hat operating a tilt hammer (gangdui 堈碓; also called a trip hammer, or tread-mill) to pound grain. On the opposite side is a grist mill with a seated barking dog in front of an open chute. The whole is covered with a dark green glaze, except the red pottery base.
Information
Title
Model of a grain-processing workshop with tilt hammer and mill
Medium
Earthenware with green glaze
Dimensions
l. 22.2 cm., w. 16.5 cm., h. 9.7 cm. (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 3 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Simone Schloss, Class of 1979, from the Schloss Collection
Object Number
2004-103
Place Made
Asia, China
Culture
Period
Materials
– Schloss Collection (New York, NY)
–2004 Simone Schloss (NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004.
