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Funerary Sculpture of a HorseMiddle Tang dynasty, about 700-800

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Glazed ceramic horse sculpture with amber and olive green drip glaze, chestnut brown mane and tail, applied leaf rosettes, and dark green saddle, standing on a flat terracotta base

Unknown, Funerary Sculpture of a Horse, Middle Tang dynasty, about 700-800, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Hedwig Worch, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Funerary Sculpture of a Horse
Place Made
China
Date Made
Middle Tang dynasty, about 700-800
Medium
Molded earthenware with molded, applied and incised decoration and polychrome (sancai) glaze
Dimensions
28 x 31 in. (71.1 x 78.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Hedwig Worch
Accession Number
M.90.140.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1991. vol. 28-29, no. 12-1 (December, 1990-January, 1992).
  • Townsend, Jen and Renée Zettle-Sterling. Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity's Most Transformational Process. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2017.

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