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Equestrian Figure

Equestrian Figure

Unknown

Artist
Unknown (Chinese)
Title
Equestrian Figure
Date
581-618
Period
Sui Dynasty (581-618) or Early Tang Dynasty (618-906)
Medium
Earthenware with polychrome glaze with traces of pigment
Dimensions
12 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Beverly (Rosenberg) and Arnold Franco, Class of 1946, in honor of Earl Morse, Class of 1927
Accession No.
1981.130a-b
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
China

Related

Collection of Earl Morse (New York); before 1981, transferred to Arnold and Beverly [Rosenberg] Franco (New York); December 1981, gifted to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Mahler, Jane Gaston. "The Westerners Among the Figurines of the T'ang Dynasty of China." Serie Orientale Roma XX. Rome: Istituto Italiano Per Il Medio Ed Estremo Oriente, Rome, 1959. pl. XV b
  • Schloss, Ezekiel. "Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture from the Han through T'ang." Stamford, Conn: Castle Pub. Co.,1977. p. 205, pl. 63
  • Schloss, Ezekiel. "Foreigners in Ancient Chinese Art." New York: China Institute of America, 1969. pl. 40
  • Schloss, Ezekiel. "The E. Schloss Collection of Chinese Pottery Figurines." New York City, Friendly House Publishers, 1963. pl. 20

  • Foreigners in Ancient Chinese Art: China Institute of America, 3/27/1969–5/25/1969
  • East-West in Art: Patterns of Cultural & Aesthetic Relationships (1969): Indiana University Art Museum

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