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Pleasure Tower
Pleasure Tower
Pleasure Tower

Pleasure Tower

Culture
Date2nd–3rd century CE
MediumEarthenware with applied decoration under glaze
Dimensions44 ½ x 18 3/16 x 20 3/8 in. (113 x 47.8 x 51.8 cm)
Classifications25-Sculpture-Asian (China, Japan, India, etc.)
Credit LineGift of Nancy and Ed Rosenthal
Object number2022.27
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Pleasure is this: to lie cool under the moonflower bower, the man in his undershirt, the woman in her slip
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Moon of the pleasure quarters
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12th - 13th century
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Stem Cup with Dragon Design
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