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Brick

Chinese

Artwork Details

Brick
100-199
Chinese
earthenware
4 3/4 in x 4 9/16 in x 1 in (12.1 cm x 11.6 cm x 2.6 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Greiner
1979/2.8

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Description

Subject Matter:

Earthenware ceramic bricks or qingzhuan (青磚) were in architectural use since the Warring States period (475-221 BCE) and were in common use by the Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) to construct floors, walls, stairs, roofs, and tombs. They were produced in a variety of shapes and sizes and display a vast array of motifs, including pictorial scenes. Bricks used for flooring commonly display geometric and parallel line motifs.  

Physical Description:

This fragment of molded brick has an impressed concentric diamond pattern. 

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