# Model of a Pigsty and Latrines

- By: China; probably from Henan province
- Date: Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), 100 BCE–100 CE
- Medium: Gray earthenware with stamped decoration
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: 40.6 × 21.6 × 27.9 cm (16 × 8 1/2 × 11 in.)
- Culture: China
- Credit line: Gift of Bertha Palmer Thorne
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/37716)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/fbdb932e-fbb7-0ce1-9046-79168202aa20/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Han-dynasty grave goods documented even the most mundane aspects of rural life. As illustrated here, latrines—or toilets—were customarily built above a pigsty and connected by pipes to a cesspool. The ar-chitectural style of this well-constructed object resembles models excavated from tombs in Huixian, a city in northern China.

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