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San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the John and Karen McFarlin Fund.
Watchtower Model
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the John and Karen McFarlin Fund.
Contact San Antonio Museum of Art, Registrar Department for rights and reproduction of this image. Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Watchtower Model

DepartmentAsian Art
CultureChinese
Date25-220
MediumEarthenware with lead glaze
Dimensionsh. 63 in. (160 cm)
w. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)
d. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds provided by the John and Karen McFarlin Fund.
Object number89.12.a-e
Geography
Place madeChina
General regionAsia
DescriptionA green glazed terracotta funerary model of a watchtower, and of unusually large size. The ground floor with a court-yard and single figure. The first and second stories incorporating balconies held up by flying supports. Each balcony is protected by a pitched tile roof. The decoration is both molded and incised with geometric forms. The post and beam construction is a clue to Han wooden architecture, none of which has survived. The tower is glazed on three sides leaving the back as unglazed terracotta.
On view
Collections
Photography by Peggy Tenison
Watchtower with Four Figures
Unknown
Culture: Chinese
ca. 206 B.C.-A.D. 220
San Antonio Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift.
Model of a Well
Culture: Chinese
25-220
Gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Pair of Dishes
Culture: Chinese
1661-1722
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Ocumicho Whistle
Marcelino Vicente Mulato
20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Lillie and Roy Cullen Endowment Fund.
Pair of Inari Fox Kami
Culture: Japanese
18th to 19th century
Sleeve Vase with Crackle Glaze
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Culture: Chinese
late- 18th-early- 19th century
3 Piece Watchtower with Animals and Warriors
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Culture: Chinese
ca. 206 B.C.-A.D. 220
Roof Ornament
Roof Ornament
Culture: Chinese
1368-1644
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Stella Cook Herff.
Statuette of a woman with a tympanum (drum)
Culture: Greek
3rd-1st century BC
Museum Purchase.
Ornamental Roof Tile
early- 20th century
Gift of Harding Black (Private Collection).
Lieutenant's Woman
Harding Black
ca. 1938-1944
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Antiquities Acquisition Fund.
Satyr's-head Antefix
Culture: Sicilian
ca. 470 B.C.

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