Finely modelled earthenware horse, Chinese

An image of 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. Earthenware, moulded and glazed, height 74.9 cm, length 80 cm, circa 618-907. T’ang Dynasty (618-906). Chinese.

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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. Earthenware, moulded and glazed, height 74.9 cm, length 80 cm, circa 618-907. T’ang Dynasty (618-906). Chinese.

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Accession Number: OC.1-1937
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 715 pixels
Image width: 800 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
Filesize: 333.23kB
Exposure time: 8947848/536870912
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 738197504/33554432
Captured: 2014:04:03 14:47:59

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