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Dancing Horse

Place of OriginChina
DateTang Dynasty (618-907)
DimensionsH: 15 3/8 in.
MediumEarthenware
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1929.141
Not on View
DescriptionHorse, saddled and bridled, in the act of scratching his nose with his right hind hoof.
Published ReferencesHai-wai, Yi-chen, Pottery & porcelain (III), Taipei, 1992, repr. p. 102.
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