Horse figurine

Museum number:
9-16454a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210916454a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3714
Description:
Figures, horses (A&B) on attached stands; hollowed ceramic mirror-image Tang Dynasty reproductions, each sturdy bodied horse lifts a foreleg & crouches slightly on his hind legs, painted patchily to look old, ea. wear saddle & trappings, bobbed tail, rust red, black blue & white on somewhat coarse ceramic. Modeled and painted (?) ceramic. Both horses have broken and regaled in several places and dirt adhering (especially inside). China att. Max ht - 26.5 cm.
Donor:
Gladys "Gay" Womack and Robert Womack
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Horses
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Horse figurine, accession number 9-16454a,b, described as Figures, horses (A&B) on attached stands; hollowed ceramic mirror-image Tang Dynasty reproductions, each sturdy bodied horse lifts a foreleg & crouches slightly on his hind legs, painted patchily to look old, ea. wear saddle & trappings, bobbed tail, rust red, black blue & white on somewhat coarse ceramic. Modeled and painted (?) ceramic. Both horses have broken and regaled in several places and dirt adhering (especially inside). China att. Max ht - 26.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Horse figurine, accession number 9-16454a,b, described as Figures, horses (A&B) on attached stands; hollowed ceramic mirror-image Tang Dynasty reproductions, each sturdy bodied horse lifts a foreleg & crouches slightly on his hind legs, painted patchily to look old, ea. wear saddle & trappings, bobbed tail, rust red, black blue & white on somewhat coarse ceramic. Modeled and painted (?) ceramic. Both horses have broken and regaled in several places and dirt adhering (especially inside). China att. Max ht - 26.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Horse figurine, accession number 9-16454a,b, described as Figures, horses (A&B) on attached stands; hollowed ceramic mirror-image Tang Dynasty reproductions, each sturdy bodied horse lifts a foreleg & crouches slightly on his hind legs, painted patchily to look old, ea. wear saddle & trappings, bobbed tail, rust red, black blue & white on somewhat coarse ceramic. Modeled and painted (?) ceramic. Both horses have broken and regaled in several places and dirt adhering (especially inside). China att. Max ht - 26.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Horse figurine, accession number 9-16454a,b, described as Figures, horses (A&B) on attached stands; hollowed ceramic mirror-image Tang Dynasty reproductions, each sturdy bodied horse lifts a foreleg & crouches slightly on his hind legs, painted patchily to look old, ea. wear saddle & trappings, bobbed tail, rust red, black blue & white on somewhat coarse ceramic. Modeled and painted (?) ceramic. Both horses have broken and regaled in several places and dirt adhering (especially inside). China att. Max ht - 26.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Horse figurine, accession number 9-16454a,b, described as Figures, horses (A&B) on attached stands; hollowed ceramic mirror-image Tang Dynasty reproductions, each sturdy bodied horse lifts a foreleg & crouches slightly on his hind legs, painted patchily to look old, ea. wear saddle & trappings, bobbed tail, rust red, black blue & white on somewhat coarse ceramic. Modeled and painted (?) ceramic. Both horses have broken and regaled in several places and dirt adhering (especially inside). China att. Max ht - 26.5 cm.

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