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Caparisoned horse

Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
2019-322

Information

Title
Caparisoned horse
Medium
Earthenware with ash glaze
Dimensions
17 × 21 × 8.7 cm (6 11/16 × 8 1/4 × 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard and Ruth Dickes
Object Number
2019-322
Description
Horse standing foursquare with reins, saddle, and stirrup. The stirrup is only completed on the horse’s left side. A long tail winds down and to the outside of the horse’s rear left haunch. On the bottom of the hooves, traces of what appear to iron armatures in legs can be observed, and may help to explain the thickness of the legs and the weight.
Culture
Chinese
Period
Ming
Type
figurines, ceramics
Subject
horses

– Flores &amp; Iva (New York, NY), sold to Richard and Ruth Dickes (Morristown, NJ).<br> –2019 Richard and Ruth Dickes (Morristown, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.<br>

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