File:Pottery tower 5.JPG

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A Chinese ceramic architectural model of a grain storage tower with five layers of tiled rooftops and columns supporting the roofs of balconies on the first two floors, dated from the mid Western Han (202 BC – 9 AD) to early Eastern Han (25–220 AD) era, excavated in 1953 from a tomb at Weihe, Xingyang, Henan Province, China. It is 72 cm tall. This information is taken from:

  • Guo, Qinghua. (2005). Chinese Architecture and Planning: Ideas, Methods, and Techniques. Stuttgart and London: Edition Axel Menges. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3932565541" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 3932565541</a>.

This tower is now located in the Henan Provincial Museum, Zhengzhou, China; this photo is from the collection posted at www.GaryLeeTodd.com by Dr. Gary L. Todd, Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, China.

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current14:29, 5 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 14:29, 5 January 20172,592 × 3,888 (1.63 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)A Chinese ceramic architectural model of a grain storage tower with five layers of tiled rooftops and columns supporting the roofs of balconies on the first two floors, dated from the mid Western Han (202 BC – 9 AD) to early Eastern Han (25–220 AD) era, excavated in 1953 from a tomb at Weihe, Xingyang, Henan Province, China. It is 72 cm tall. This information is taken from: <ul><li>Guo, Qinghua. (2005). <i>Chinese Architecture and Planning: Ideas, Methods, and Techniques</i>. Stuttgart and London: Edition Axel Menges. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3932565541" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 3932565541</a>.</li></ul> This tower is now located in the Henan Provincial Museum, Zhengzhou, China; this photo is from the collection posted at www.GaryLeeTodd.com by Dr. Gary L. Todd, Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, China.
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