a dog who has been standing in the same position since the eastern han. someone in the second century thought he was worth making.
an official shanghai museum replica of a green-glazed figure. ceramic, glossy, and worn on purpose at the ears and the paws so it reads as dug up rather than bought. du fu wrote about a dog like this one: the old dog is glad i am home, circling low into the folds of my robe.
material: glazed ceramic size: 4.3 × 1.6 × 3.8 in the original: 12.2 in tall, 9.1 lb, eastern han dynasty (25–220 ce), shanghai museum scale: about one third colors: green glaze, worn at the edges for: a desk, a bookshelf, the shelf by the door heads up: this is a third the size of the one in the case — 3.8 in tall, not 12.2. ceramic, and it will not survive a fall onto a hard floor. the chips and the dust in the glaze are put there deliberately — that is the finish, not damage, and every one comes out of the kiln a little different. display only. keep it away from the actual dog.
no instructions included. he has been waiting by the door for eighteen hundred years.
