Horse
late 600s–800
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Horse, late 600s–800. China, probably Henan province, Tang dynasty (618-907). Glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color) ware; overall: 76.8 cm (30 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1955.295 This ceramic horse was part of a set of figures depicting a procession, all of which was included in the tomb of a person of high rank. In ancient China tombs were equipped with all the items it was thought to be needed in the afterlife—including horses, as an essential mode of transportation. Sancai (three-color) glazes in green, amber, and transparent white show the high social status of the tomb’s occupant.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color) ware
- Medium
- glazed, earthenware, sancai, three-color, ware
- Dimensions
- Overall: 76.8 cm (30 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1955.295
- Credit Line
- Anonymous Gift
- Exhibitions
- Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture, <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
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