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The slender crouching animal carved with deep slashes for the flat snout, haunches, ears and upturned tail, the tail and snout pierced with a hole for attachment, the stone of pale celadon color with areas of calcification
Pig
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Pig

Artist Chinese Artist
DateHan dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumJade
Dimensions1 3/16 x 4 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3 x 11.1 x 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.139
Collections
Visual DescriptionThe slender crouching animal carved with deep slashes for the flat snout, haunches, ears and upturned tail, the tail and snout pierced with a hole for attachment, the stone of pale celadon color with areas of calcification
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Chinese Artist
Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
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Chinese Artist
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)
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