Panel from Model Cooking Stove: Vermilion Bird
Unknown Artist
100–1 BCE
Medium
earthenware with impressed relief decoration
Dimensions
11.5 × 18.4 × 1.6 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
Accession Number
1925.136
About this artwork
Han dynasty tombs were often furnished with grave goods to provide the deceased with items for the afterlife. Four earthenware panels were made in molds and then joined together to make a miniature model of a stove, which was placed in a burial chamber. The stove's four sides show the animals of the cardinal directions. The vermilion phoenix-bird faces south.