1943.53.117: Head and Body from a Tomb Figurine in the Form of a Horse
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.53.117
- Title
- Head and Body from a Tomb Figurine in the Form of a Horse
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, figurine
- Date
- 206 BCE-220 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204034
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments over a white gesso ground
- Dimensions
- 39.4 x 41.3 cm (15 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.53.117
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Verification Level
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