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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date1850-1880
MediumSoapstone
DimensionsOverall: 18 × 14 3/4 × 5 in. (45.7 × 37.5 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Justus Doolittle, Class of 1846
Object number2024.16.1-36
On view
DescriptionModel in thirty-six pieces depicting a paifang, a commemorative architectural structure used at temples and city gates in imperial China. Inscriptions on the columns mention who is being honored on life-sized paifang. Because this gate was likely made for the tourist market, some of the inscriptions are nonsensical or illegible. One legible inscription reads: "‘Bright moon shining between the pines; clear water flowing over the stones."
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Temple Gate
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 306 C.E. - 337 C.E.
Medium: Bronze
Object number: S2018.1.32
Date: 6th-8th century C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.49
Murray Dewart
Date: 1994
Medium: Silkscreen with watercolor and collage
Object number: 2025.9.5
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 750-600 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.2
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 1300-1100 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.6
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 3rd century
Medium: Blown glass
Object number: 2015.6.27
Unknown artist
Date: likely late 19th century
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1943.194a-b
Unknown artist
Date: likely late 19th century
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1943.192a-b
Date: c. 760 B.C.E.
Medium: Gypsum
Object number: 1868.6
Date: c. 883-859 B.C.E.
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5