IDENTIFIERS
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id:	20970
accession number:	C.592-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 4 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Figure of a prancing horse. Buff earthenware, covered in white slip or paint, traces of red and brown cold pigment and black inked details. The horse has a raised right foreleg, flared nostrils and open mouth, and tail flowing behind. There are traces of red pigment on the mouth and darker red/brown pigment visible on the head and parts of the body. The long mane falls to the near side of the elegantly arched neck, and a draped saddle set on the saddle-cloth is set on its back. Decorations adorn the horse's body, three each side on the back, and three under the neck; these decorations show traces of red pigment on a pale slip, covering the grey body. There are traces of black inked line on the harness, from which ornaments are hung.
title:	animal figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased from Sotheby's, 10th December 1933, by Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950) for £11.0s.0d; the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	H.S. Reitlinger
creditline: Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/20970


SUBJECTS
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horse (animal)
prancing
horse (animal)
prancing



TECHNIQUES
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earthenware, moulded in relief
moulding

CATEGORIES
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category: earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	700 - 800
creation date earliest:	700
creation date latest:	800
culture:	Tang Dynasty (618-907)
culture:	8th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 57.8

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 50.9



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Chinese Ceramics Recent and Rare
CITATIONS
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The Quest for Eternity
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