Artwork
Watchtower with Four Figures
Artist
Unknown
DepartmentAsian Art
CultureChinese
Dateca. 206 B.C.-A.D. 220
MediumGlazed earthenware
Dimensionsh. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown
Object number98.15.2.a-d
GeographyPlace madeChina
General regionAsia
Descriptiona-b) A two-section watchtower house with four levels covered in a fine light-blue green iridescent glaze. c-f) Four small glazed figures to be used with watchtower covered in a light iridescent green glaze.On view
Collections
Ernst Bohne and Sons, Thuringia, Germany
Culture: German
ca. 1878-1920
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