Jul 6, 2005
Jul 6, 2005
Jul 6, 2005

Polo Player

Polo Player

late 600s-early 700s

Painted earthenware

Overall: 31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.181

Location

Description

An exercise for military troops, polo was also fashionable among men and women of Tang China, and this polo player is actually a woman dressed in a man's riding habit. It is in keeping with the exuberance of the Tang dynasty that such sporting figures of daily life should be among objects for the afterlife.

See also
Department: 
Chinese Art
Type of artwork: 
Sculpture

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