Horse and Carriage
China, Sichuan province, Horse and Carriage, 1st century/2nd century CE, gray earthenware with traces of pigment, The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Collection of Early Chinese Art, public domain, 2004.114.8A,B
This work is not currently on view.
- Title
Horse and Carriage
- Related Titles
original language: 彩繪陶二輪車馬俑
- Artist
- Date
1st century/2nd century CE
- Period
China: Eastern Han period (25-220 CE)
- Medium
gray earthenware with traces of pigment
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
46 1/4 in x 23 in x 41 in
- Collection Area
Asian Art
- Category
Ceramics
Sculpture
- Object Type
figure
model
- Culture
Chinese
- Credit Line
The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Collection of Early Chinese Art
- Accession Number
2004.114.8A,B
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
This carriage is unusual in Han-period art in having a permanent canopy and walls, providing privacy for its occupants. Such carts would have been reserved for use by nobles of high rank, or as a hearse to carry a coffin to a tomb site. Traces of green paint are still visible on the canopy walls.
The artist who made this model paid scrupulous attention to replicating mechanical details of the carriage. There may have originally been reins of a perishable material such as leather or rope.
- Exhibitions
2005 Mysterious Spirits, Strange Beasts, Earthly Delights: Early Chinese Art from the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Collection Portland Art Museum
