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85-37-32
From: China | Sichuan | Leshan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 85-37-32 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Sichuan | Leshan |
| Date Made | 1930's |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Ink | Rice Paper |
| Iconography | Dog |
| Description | Dog with Leash and Harness from Tomb 8 of Shiziwan, Leshan. This depiction of a dog with leash and harness provides visual evidence of the domestication of dogs. Other examples of the capture and use of animals in the Han dynasty are found through the texts of the period, most notably the depictions of hunting scenes in the fu style poetry of such figures as Ban Gu and Zhang Heng. Black ink on rice paper. From Han tomb reliefs. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Anneliese Gutkind-Bulling, 1985 |
| Other Number | 34 - Other Number |
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