Money trees

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name) > Visual Works (Hierarchy Name) > visual works > <visual works by material or technique> > sculpture (visual work) > <sculpture by function> > funerary sculpture

Descripción

Eastern Han artifacts, money trees were good luck charms placed in tombs; so named because of their cast bronze branches laden with leaves made of coins. The branches also contain mythological figures and objects important to Han belief.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300380324

Otros términos

  • money tree [en]
  • trees, money [en]
  • yaoqian shu [en]