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(Maker)
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
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Horse"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/138396 Accessed: 2022-05-16 20:32:48
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