Model of a Grain Storehouse. 25 AD–220 AD. China. Brick-red earthenware with green lead glaze Burial models attest to the prevalence of multistoried buildings in early imperial China. This two-story structure, simply constructed of clay slabs, has a tile roof and an openwork balcony supported by brackets. Such realistic details are modified by imaginative squatting-bear feet. This model may depict a granary, or it may have been assembled with other clay structures to form a residential compound.

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Photo credit: © WBC ART / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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