CHINE, DYNASTIE HAN (206 AV. JC-220 AP. JC)

A similar stone slab is illustrated in Chinese Sculptures in the Von der Heydt Collection, by Osvald Siren, Museum Rietberg, Zurich 1959, p.20, pl.3 ; and R. Kerr (ed.), Chinese Art and Design, Art Objects in Ritual and Daily Life, The Overlook Press, Woodstock, New York 1991, pp.42-43, where the author explains that this particular style of low relief decoration probably originates from the Shandong Province in Eastern China.