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Cooking range, Gray earthenware.

Collection NumberA004328
TitleCooking range, Gray earthenware.
DateEastern Han dynasty,1st-2nd century
Name of prefectures & citiesChina
Description of works【Have a hot meal even in the afterlife】
This is a miniature cooking stove. At the front of the stove, a cook and a large jar are seen, and on the top we find stamped fish, mushrooms, and other ingredients, as well as cooking utensils. There are three stoves with detachable pots on top. It is a funerary object of an architectural theme made with the hope that the owner of the tomb would be able to carry on the same lifestyle even after death.

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