Caparisoned horse / Artist Unknown, China
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- Accession Number
- 1950/2.12
- Title
- Caparisoned horse
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with slip and painted decoration
- Object Creation Date
- 534-550
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. D.K. Lieu
- Dimensions
- 25.9 cm x 26.67 cm x 16 cm (10 3/16 in. x 10 1/2 in. x 6 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 6th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- model
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Secondary Object Type
- funerary sculpture
- Physical Description
- Ceramic figure of a horse standing on a thin ceramic base, which a high-arched neck and a vertical head; large saddle with tassels; traces of orange-ochre, pink red and white pigments
- Subject Matter
- The elegant, long-legged horses of Ferghana and Sogdia (ancient Central Asian kingdom in the region of modern Uzbekistan) were essential to the success of the Han armies over northern nomads. It became common for Chinese military officials to adorn their tombs with sculpted figures of both imported horses and their red-haired, bearded Sogdian grooms.
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- asia (continent)
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 875 x 1011
- File Size
- 52 KB
- Record
- 1950/2.12
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"Caparisoned horse; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1950-sl-2.12/1950_2.12.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.
