February 2019
Monthly Archive: February 2019
Safavid Tile Arch Project III: The Palace of the Stables
Posted: February 28, 2019 - 12:30 , by royal
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Written by Lisa Golombek, Curator Emeritus (Islamic Art)
Celebrating the Year of the Pig
Posted: February 4, 2019 - 14:35 , by Diana Lu
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Burial figure of a pig , earthenware, Eastern Han Dynasty (late 2nd-early 3rd century), China
918.17.57
Sir Edmund Walker Collection
February 5th, 2019, marks the beginning of the year of the pig 猪. The twelfth and last animal in the Chinese zodiac. People born in the year of the pig are said to be loving and kind. On the other hand, they can be stubborn and dawdle on tasks.
