Standing Horse

Cleveland Museum of Art

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
Object ID
149127

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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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Credit line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Provenance
by 1951: Samuel Hubert Minkenhof [1879–1956], Amsterdam, Netherlands, and New York, NY | Hart Collection, New York, NY | ?–1977: (J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1977–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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