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Maker: Unknown
Finely modelled earthenware horse, with great detail. It stands on all fours, in an alert position. With coloured glazes, bright brown all over, with a green saddle and rug, while the nose and mane are white. Harness with applied mouldings.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Cecil E. Byas
Height: 74.9 cm
Length: 80 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1937) by Byas, Cecil E.
T’ang Dynasty (618-906)
Circa
618
-
907
Accession number: OC.1-1937
Primary reference Number: 138396
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Horse" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138396 Accessed: 2023-06-01 07:48:15
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Accession Number: O.47-1961
Accession Number: GR.23.1890
Accession Number: O.9-2010
Accession Number: 450
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