The decor of funerary monuments from the Han dynasty has been treated by modern scholars as intended designs closely related to their builders or patrons. Through the case study of a carved at An-ch'iu, however, this essay argues that most Han funerary decorations convey not so much the intentionality of either builders or patrons, as the visual mechanism that bridges the gap between them. By establishing a network of regional sub-traditions, the author further demonstrates that this visual mechanism in the funeral profession can be detected through some repertories favored by workshops for mass-production, repertories that were presumably provided by the builders but could be negotiated and modified by their patrons.In scale and richness of decoration unsurpassed among Han archaeological finds, the tomb at An-ch'iu does not show any coherent visual programme but displays a montage of given repertories. The carving traces, owing to their various degrees of completion, not only indicate the process of construction, but also reveal that at least three groups of artisans participated in the project. Distinguishable styles found in the tomb further allow to identify two sub-traditions of stone carving in the Shantung area. One, portraying the immortal domain as bas-relief in a composition that builds up perpetual motion, may be derived from the border of Honan and Kiangsu. The other, describing human activities by incised lines that explore dimensions, was nonetheless vernacular in Shantung. The juxtaposition of the two without further synthesis in the An-ch'iu tomb proves that the decoration, reflecting neither the intention of patrons nor that of builders, is part of popular culture that should be contextualized within the local funerary profession.