Millhouse, Green glazed earthenware

Collection NumberA004305
TitleMillhouse, Green glazed earthenware
DateEastern Han dynasty,1st-2nd century
Name of prefectures & citiesChina
Description of works【Nostalgic threshing workshop】
Many funerary objects with an architectural theme, like this one, reproduced a variety of scenes that took place in sakubo (workshops). This piece is a threshing workshop with a foot-operated kara-usu (Chinese mortar) and a cylindrical mill. Here we can see a man operating the mortar with his feet to pound the grain, chickens pecking at the spilled grain, and a dog lying on the ground watching — a truly idyllic scene.

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