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Funerary Sculpture in the Form of a Horse and Female Rider

Artist Unknown

CultureChinese | Tang Dynasty

Date8th century A.D.

MediumCeramic | Lead glaze | white earthenware with variegated, lead-fluxed glazed over molded decorations | sancai ware

DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (36.8 x 8.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry in Memory of Nancy Nash Perry

Object number36.8.105

Collections

Asian Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 106

DescriptionTomb pottery figure of a horse and rider. Vigorously modeled yellow glazed horse stands foursquare on slightly concave rectangle looking to his left; woman in green robe sits astride him looking straight ahead, arms (with sleeves over hands) at her sides. She wears cream colored scarf around neck which falls down back; saddle also cream colored. Head unglazed, has high topknot; traces of black pigment for eyes and eyebrows, some red around mouth. Horse and figure hollow.

Label TextTomb Figure of a Horse and Rider Chinese, Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906) Lead glazed earthenware Gift of Dr. James C. Perry in memory of Nancy Nash Perry 36.8.105 Exhibition History"Large or Small, Bronze or Wood, Painted or Plain: Problems and Solutions in Sculpture", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, July 9, 1981 - September 13, 1981.