2003.173.2: Male Figure, from the tomb sculpture set: Equestrian Male Figure Positioned to Shoot a Bow and Arrow, and Mounted on a Saddled, Prancing Horse
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.173.2
- Title
- Male Figure, from the tomb sculpture set: Equestrian Male Figure Positioned to Shoot a Bow and Arrow, and Mounted on a Saddled, Prancing Horse
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- funerary sculpture
- Date
- 1st century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/146710
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lead-glazed ware: molded, brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, caramel-brown glaze, the head, hands, and trouser legs unglazed, with cold-painted pigments on the exposed body clay
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 14.5 x 5.5 cm (7 5/16 x 5 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Anthony M. Solomon
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.173.2
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Virginia Bower, From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M. Solomon, exh. cat., ed. Robert D. Mowry, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., 2002), p. 76, cat. no. 4
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