Detail of the Han Tomb Tower with Figures in the Brooklyn Museum, May 2011

Title: Tomb Tower with Figures

Date: 25–220 C.E.

Dynasty: Eastern Han Dynasty

Period: Eastern Han Dynasty

Geography: Place made: China

Medium: Earthenware, iron oxide glaze

Classification: Funerary Object

Dimensions: overall height: 35 in. (88.9 cm) a: 15 1/2 × 17 3/8 × 15 in. (39.4 × 44.1 × 38.1 cm) b: 14 × 14 1/4 × 13 in. (35.6 × 36.2 × 33 cm) base of b: 7 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (19.4 × 19.4 cm) c: 13 3/4 × 15 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (34.9 × 38.7 × 34.3 cm)

Credit Line: Gift of Therese and Erwin Harris

Accession Number: 1997.180a-d


Text from: www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/4305