id:			134753
accession number:	1957.27
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.27
updated:		2025-10-17 11:51:19.490000
Haniwa Horse, 400s–500s CE. Japan, Kofun period (300–710 CE). Earthenware with traces of pigment; overall: 59.7 x 66 cm (23 1/2 x 26 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1957.27
title:				Haniwa Horse
title in original language:	馬形埴輪
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creation date:			400s–500s CE
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		599
current location:		235A Japanese
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	Japan, Kofun period (300–710 CE)
technique:	earthenware with traces of pigment
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 59.7 x 66 cm (23 1/2 x 26 in.)
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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).
	title:		Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea
	opening date:   1995-09-16T04:00:00
	Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 3, 1995).
	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-01-07T05:00:00
	Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 7-July 8, 2019).
	title:		Animals in Japanese Art
	opening date:   2023-06-24T04:00:00
	Animals in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-December 10, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
	The Norweb Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs, R. Henry Norweb [1895–1984] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1957
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1957–
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RELATED WORKS
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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. 895
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n158
	"Recent Accessions Briefly Noted." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 4 (April 1959): 60–61.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 61
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142335
	Lee, Sherman E. "Contrasts in Chinese and Japanese Art." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 21, no. 1 (Fall 1962): 3–12.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 13, p. 8
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/427632
	Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 79, p. 73
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	Hane, Mikiso. Japan; a Historical Survey. [New York]: Scribner, 1972.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 25
	url:		
	Stitt, Irene. Japanese Ceramics of the Last 100 Years. New York: Crown Publishers, 1974.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 3, Fig. 3
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	Matsumara, Gentaro. The Emperor's Island: The Story of Japan; (1). Tokyo: Lotus Press, 1977.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 6
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	Gardner, Helen, Horst De la Croix, and Richard G. Tansey. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 13-1, p. 400
	url:		
	Gilbert, Rita, and William McCarter. Living with Art. New York: Knopf, 1988.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 379, p. 306
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	Mittler, Gene A. Art in Focus. Mission Hills, CA: Glencoe Pub. Co, 1989.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 20.11, p. 410
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	Gardner, Helen, Horst De la Croix, Richard G. Tansey, and Diane Kirkpatrick. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig, 13-1, p. 476
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	Hobbs, Jack A. Art in Context. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 2-34, p. 45
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	Getlein, Mark. Gilbert's Living with Art. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 279, fig. 12.1
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	Brommer, Gerald F. Discovering Art History. Worcester, MA: Davis Publications, 2007.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  p. 102, fig. 4- 43
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	Art Documentation: Bulletin of the Art Libraries Society of North America 38, no. 2 (Fall 2019): cover.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cover image
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	Koyama-Richard, Brigitte. Animaux Dans La Peinture Japonaise. Lyon: Nouvelles éditions Scala, 2020.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 13
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	Cunningham, Michael R. "Asian Autumn", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 35 no. 08, October 1995.
	page number: 	Mentioned andn Reproduced: pp. 4–5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1995-08/page/4
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