- 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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