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Standing Horse is a tomb figure created during the Tang dynasty in China. In ancient China, numerous tomb figurines and other artefacts were designed specifically to be buried with the deceased in large burial mounds. [1] [2] This large figurine features the use of Sancai, a glazing technique popular during the Tang dynasty. [3] [4]
Two sancai-glazed horses and groom, c. 728, from the tomb of the general Liu Tingxun Painted cross-dressing woman playing polo. Tang dynasty tomb figures are pottery figures of people and animals made in the Tang dynasty of China (618–906) as grave goods to be placed in tombs.
Guo was struck by the beauty of the horse and selected it for national and international exhibition. [4] The horse in the bronze is a breed brought back from Fergana by a punitive expedition sent by Emperor Han Wudi in 104 BCE. These "celestial horses" were highly prized as marks of status. [5]
The Terracotta Army, inside the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, consists of more than 7,000 life-size tomb terra-cotta figures of warriors and horses buried with the self-proclaimed first Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huang) in 210–209 BC. The figures were painted before being placed into the vault.
Tang dynasty tomb figure, sancai horse, 7–8th century, also using blue, as on the saddle. Sancai (Chinese: 三 彩; pinyin: sāncǎi; lit. 'three colours') [1] is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery and other painted pieces using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown (or amber), green, and a creamy off-white.
Vintage Breyer horses, c. 1972. Breyer Animal Creations (commonly referred to as simply Breyer) is primarily a manufacturer of model horses.Founded in 1950, the company, now a division of Reeves International, Inc, [1] specializes in model horses made from cellulose acetate, a form of plastic, and produces other animal models from the same material as well.
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