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Horse
late 600s–800
Overall: 76.8 cm (30 1/4 in.)
Anonymous Gift 1955.295
Location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
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Sancai (three-color) glazes in green, amber, and transparent white show the high social status of the tomb’s occupant.Description
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.- M. Hosokawa, Tokyo, Japan?–1955(Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to Mrs. Dudley S. [Elizabeth Bingham] Blossom [1881–1970] as gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1955–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 829 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 251 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 251 archive.orgNelson, Glenn C. Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1971. Reproduced: color pl. 1The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 331 archive.orgLee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. Mentioned: p. 2853; Reproduced: p. 279, color pl. 23Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned: cat. no. 98, p. 93Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359. Reproduced: p. 347, fig. 40 www.jstor.org
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