Shrine from the Cai Family Garden, plus one pictorial stone
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden, plus one pictorial stone
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden, plus one pictorial stone
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden, plus one pictorial stone

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Shrine from the Cai Family Garden, plus one pictorial stone,

1st-2nd century (stones); late 19th-early 20th century (rubbings)

Chinese
Eastern Han dynasty, 25–220 CE
y1957-137 a

Information

Title
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden, plus one pictorial stone
Dates

1st-2nd century (stones); late 19th-early 20th century (rubbings)

Medium
Sheet; ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
54 x 153 cm. (21 1/4 x 60 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Rowley
Object Number
y1957-137 a
Place Made

Asia, China, Shandong province

Marks/Labels/Seals
Outer titleslip (Chinese): 漢畫像七張石在山東嘉祥 – 4.50 mex. “Seven Han pictorial stones at Jiaxiang, Shandong province.” Loose titleslip (English): 6. Han carving 1. Meeting at the hall 2. Scene a/of the grinding of the medicine [missing] 3. Kitchen cooking with fishes on the left corner. 4. Deer-hunting upper/lower 5. Carriage in lower panel 6. Preparation of food. lower panel 7. Procession with carriage. Stone in Chia-tsing (嘉祥) Shantung
Culture
Chinese
Period
Han (Chinese)
Type
rubbings
Subject
figures (representations), horses, attendants, pavilions (garden structures), chariots (ancient vehicles)

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