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Mortuary Horse

c. 525

China, Six Dynasties period

(317-581), Northern Wei dynasty (386-534)
dark buff earthenware with polychrome
Overall: 22.3 x 22.3 cm (8 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1929.985
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1929
    (Yamanaka and Company, Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
  • "Chinese Tomb Pottery." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 18, no. 3 (March 1931): 49–51 Mentioned: p. 51; Reproduced: p. 59 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 820 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 249 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 249 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 329 archive.org
  • Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
    Exhibition of the Month: The Animal and Man. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 29, 1948-January 10, 1949).
    Far Eastern Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 12–13, 1929). Lent by Yamanaka and Co., Boston, MA.
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