Watchtower.
2nd c Chinese Han Sculpture

HAN DYNASTY Anonymous (active 206 BCE - 220 CE) Primary
100-150
2nd c
Earthenware
Han
China.
London. British Museum
China24.chi01027
The brackets used in this ceramic model of a Han watch tower have become fantastic animal heads, perhaps symbolizing beneficent dragons. This watch tower also illustrates a feature commonly found on later Chinese architecture, the curving upturned tile roof. Its multilevel construction formed the basis for later Chinese pagodas.