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San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Horse
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Contact San Antonio Museum of Art, Registrar Department for rights and reproduction of this image. Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Horse

Artist Unknown
DepartmentAsian Art
CultureChinese
Dateca. 206 B.C.-A.D. 220
MediumEarthenware with pigments
Dimensionshead: h. 10 in. (25.4 cm); w. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); d. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
body: h. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); w. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); d. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown
Object number98.15.6.a-b
Geography
Place madeChina
General regionAsia
DescriptionPainted pottery horse, well-modelled and reclining without legs. Our perception of neck and head separate from body. Mouth open with teeth showing and ears straight back.
On view
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Figure of a Horse and Rider
Figure of a Horse and Rider
Culture: Chinese
206 B.C.-A.D. 220
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386-535
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Figure of a Female Attendant
Culture: Chinese
206 B.C.-A.D. 9
Gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Camel with Foreign Rider
Unknown
Culture: Chinese
ca. 618-906
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of S. Roger and Caroline P. Horchow.
Storage Jar
Culture: Chinese, Yangshao culture
ca. 2600-2300 B.C.
Earth Spirit, qitou
Earth Spirit, qitou
Unknown
Culture: Chinese
ca. 618-906
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Pair of Attendants
Culture: Chinese
907-1125
San Antonio Museum of Art, The D. Joseph Judge, M.D. Collection donated by the Judge Family.
Funerary Urn with Lid
Unknown
Culture: Maya
ca. A.D. 500-950
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Head with Tears
Unknown
ca. A.D. 500
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with Endowment Funds.
Standing Female Figure
Unknown
Culture: Chupícuaro
ca. 500-100 B.C.

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