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Figure of a horse's head
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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2nd - 1st century BC (200 - 1 BC)
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 9)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, moulded and luted together, with traces of red and white pigment; head, pierced
- Dimensions
- 14.2 x 16.8 x 5.8 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.417
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Further reading
University of Sussex, and Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Barlow Collection, supervised by Regina Krahl, Maurice Howard, and Aiden Leeves (Sussex: University of Sussex, 2006), no. S22
Glossary (2)
earthenware, luted
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earthenware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
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luted
The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
Horse’s heads of this type generally had matching pottery bodies, but legs made of a different material, like the horse and rider in the Barlow Collection, [LI1301.418].
The head sits on a heavy neck, the features are well modelled, the eyes prominent, cheeks rounded, mouth open to reveal the tongue and teeth, and nostrils clearly rendered. Two holes are replacing ears, and a sharp, somewhat twisted ridge indicates the mane. The neck is hollowed out underneath. The grey pottery is covered with a dark red pigment and shows traces of white to indicate a harness.
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