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Ox-drawn covered wagon with lady passenger
Ox-drawn covered wagon with lady passenger
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Ox-drawn covered wagon with lady passenger, Xing kiln, Hebei ProvinceLate Tang dynasty, 9th century
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Ox-drawn covered wagon with lady passenger
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BATEA : 31
Simple name
wagon; figure
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ceramic; stoneware; figure; Tang; Xing; black; wagon; ox; Hebei; lady; kiln; China; transport; 9th century
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A stoneware model of a covered wagon drawn by a yoked oxen attended by a peasant with a lady seated inside. The roof of the wagon, peaked at both ends, is glazed very dark brown with two floral embellishments, as are the wheels and other small details on the ox and figures which are dotted with brown and covered with a greenish white translucent glaze.Xing kiln of Hebei Province.
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stoneware
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good
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grey
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dark brown and greenish white glaze
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Description length
8cm
Description height
11.2cm
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4.7cm
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9th century
Production period
Tang
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China
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A similar piece, excavated from a mid 9th century tomb in Henan, is exhibited at Archaeological Museum, Beijing. Also compare similar model from Eumorphopoulos catalogue, vol.I, pl.72, no.483.
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