Pottery Sewer Mouth in Tiger-head Shape
Warring States period
Unearthed at Yanxiadu ruins,Yixian County,Hebei Province in 1 958.L: 120 cm,h:37 cm.The opening is in the shape of a tiger’s head,its mouth wide open,ears erect,eyes open wide,forelegs stretched.On the back is a smaller tube fitting.This is a sewer opening.(Collection of Chinese Museum for History of Medicine).