Chinese pottery head of a horse, Hei Dynasty

An image of Figure. Horse’s head. Unknown maker, China. Grey earthenware horse head made from two moulds, then joined and seamed. A slip covers the biscuit, and then the figure was painted red with black and white trim. There are thin lines designating teeth. While there are peg holes for ears, the ears themselves are missing. Height 14.6 cm. Hei Dynasty 386-535. Chinese.

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Figure. Horse’s head. Unknown maker, China. Grey earthenware horse head made from two moulds, then joined and seamed. A slip covers the biscuit, and then the figure was painted red with black and white trim. There are thin lines designating teeth. While there are peg holes for ears, the ears themselves are missing. Height 14.6 cm. Hei Dynasty 386-535. Chinese.

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Accession Number: OC.4-1942
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 913 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 558.98kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2008:02:02 23:54:10

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4th Century 5th Century 6th Century AD animal animal figure animals Chinese earthenware equestrian figure Fitz_AA heads Hei Dynasty horses moulded pottery

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