Dog (Q60748159)

Label from: English (en)

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collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
depicts: dog (Q144)
instance of: sculpture (Q860861)

catalog URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.1

information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog

description: Modeled with a lively naturalism and light humor, this dog reflects the worldly tastes of Han China. It differs from the solemn animal images on ritual bronze vessels, which served as the medium for communication with the supernatural realms. The Han people held beliefs in a worldly paradise and an otherworldly realm of eternal life and happiness.

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