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Horse
late 600s–800
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: Horse
- Date Created: late 600s–800
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 76.8 cm (30 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: M. Hosokawa, Tokyo, Japan, (Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to Mrs. Dudley S. [Elizabeth Bingham] Blossom [1881–1970] as gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.295
- Medium: glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color) ware
- Fun Fact: <em>Sancai</em> (three-color) glazes in green, amber, and transparent white show the high social status of the tomb’s occupant.
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, probably Henan province, Tang dynasty (618-907)
- Credit Line: Anonymous Gift
- Collection: China - Tang Dynasty
- Accession Number: 1955.295
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