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Earthenware figure of a horseside

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  • Earthenware figure of a horse (detail, head)
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Earthenware figure of a horse

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    Associated place
    Henan province (place of creation)
    Date
    1st half of the 8th century AD
    Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
    Material and technique
    earthenware, cast, with traces of orange pigment
    Dimensions
    39 x 50 x 18 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    earthenware
    Technique index
    cast
    Object type index
    funerary equipment,
    figurine
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
    Accession no.
    EA1956.1063

  • Further reading

    Piper, David, and Christopher White, Treasures of the Ashmolean Museum: An Illustrated Souvenir of the Collections, revised edn (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1995), no. 32 on p. 36, illus. p. 36 fig. 32

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 196 on p. 70, illus. p. 70

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earthenware

Location

    • Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800

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