Architectural ElementsChinese1st-3rd century CE
Fragment of a Solid, Rectangular Brick with Decoration of Two Animals (possibly two rabbits pounding the elixir of immortality in a mortar)
1st-3rd century
Dimensions
H. 6.1 x W. 17 x Depth 16.8 cm (2 3/8 x 6 11/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Langdon Warner (1881-1955), Cambridge, Ma (by 1929), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1929.
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