id: 132819 accession number: 1955.295 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.295 updated: 2023-03-22 14:08:00.916000 Horse, late 600s–800. China, probably Henan province, Tang dynasty (618-907). Glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color) ware; overall: 76.8 cm (30 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1955.295 title: Horse title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 600s–800 creation date earliest: 675 creation date latest: 800 current location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork creditline: Anonymous Gift copyright: --- culture: China, probably Henan province, Tang dynasty (618-907) technique: glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color) ware department: Chinese Art collection: China - Tang Dynasty type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 76.8 cm (30 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00 Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982). --- PROVENANCE M. Hosokawa, Tokyo, Japan date: footnotes: citations: (Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to Mrs. Dudley S. [Elizabeth Bingham] Blossom [1881–1970] as gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1955 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1955– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Sancai (three-color) glazes in green, amber, and transparent white show the high social status of the tomb’s occupant. digital description: This ceramic horse was part of a set of figures depicting a procession, all of which was included in the tomb of a person of high rank. In ancient China tombs were equipped with all the items it was thought to be needed in the afterlife—including horses, as an essential mode of transportation. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 829 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n147 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 251 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n275 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 251 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n275 Nelson, Glenn C. Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1971. page number: Reproduced: color pl. 1 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 331 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n351 Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. page number: Mentioned: p. 2853; Reproduced: p. 279, color pl. 23 url: Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 98, p. 93 url: Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359. page number: Reproduced: p. 347, fig. 40 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.295/1955.295_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.295/1955.295_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.295/1955.295_full.tif