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Standing Horse

Date: 206 BCE–220 CE
Medium: bronze
Culture: China, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)
Department: Chinese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

The fine steed has indentations on both sides of its body, indicating that it was once harnessed and pulled a carriage. Substituting a real horse, it accompanied a tomb occupant into the afterlife.

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