Object Description
A fine clay minqi house model from the Han Dynasty. The structure includes a small house or shed and a courtyard or a pen addition. The house has rounded corners with three thin tall windows perforated in the wall, and an elaborate low-pitched hip roof with a series of ribs radiating from a central ridge. The pen consists of a rectangular tray with a low courtyard wall around the perimeter. There are two perforations along two sides of the pen and around the wall, perhaps to affix smaller details of architecture and figurines. The base of the house, the roof and the pen are separate from each other.
Date: 202 BC – AD 220
Period: Han Dynasty