Brown Glazed Pottery Dog
Han Dynasty
(206 B.C - A.D. 220)
Height            28.4cm
     This is no doubt 
funerary ware that was 
once buried with the 
deceased in a Han tomb.  
Pottery dogs have been  
found in many Han tombs, 
often together with 
pottery. Such funerary 
ware was intended to 
accompany the deceased 
into the afterlife.