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Dog in a Yard

4th century

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Dog in a Yard

4th century

Physical Qualities Stoneware with gray-green glaze, 3 H x 5 Diam. in. (7.6 x 12.7 cm.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from Julius Levy Memorial Fund; Gift of Cornelius Ruxton Love, Jr.; Gift of Capt. Israel N. Munaker; Gift of J. Gilman D'Arcy Paul; Bequest of John Henry Scarff; and Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1991.28
Dogs--with their sharp senses of sight, smell, and hearing--provided protection for deceased as well as living family members.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1991; J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Collection installation, "Asia. Tombs across China: Han Dynasty & Later," Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-

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