Collection number: 1062

Collection name: Western Han Dynasty Pottery pigsty

Historical period: Western Han Dynasty

Size: Pottery Circle: 29.5cm long, 27cm wide and 26.5 cm high

Pottery pig: 14.2 cm long, 5.5 cm wide and 7.5 cm high

Weight of the collection: 7.656 kg

Source of collection: Collection

Introduction to the collection:

Clay gray pottery, slightly square in plan. Divided into upper and lower two layers, the lower for the pig pen, the circle is surrounded by a low wall, its domestic pigs, the wall corner has a square shed. There is a toilet on the upper floor. One side of the toilet platform is attached to the wall and the other side is connected to the stairs. The toilet is small, with a door and a double pitched roof, with clear corrugating. The pottery pig pen was a common funerary urn in the Han Dynasty, but it was divided into upper and lower layers. The model structure was reasonable, the production was regular, and the local shaping was detailed.