Description
In this funerary sculpture of the watchtower is a lively retinue of hunters, musicians, dancers, and domestic animals. The representation provides a vivid picture of the worldly enjoyment to be perpetuated in the otherworldly realm of the afterlife. A low-temperature lead glaze is applied to its earthenware body, enhancing the modeled forms with a brilliant, smooth coating like a layer of opaque glass.
Provenance
(London Gallery, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1989); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1989–)
Accession Number
1989.71
Medium
earthenware with lead glaze
Dimensions
Diameter: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.); Overall: 54.3 cm (21 3/8 in.)
Classification
Ceramic
Credit Line
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund