Object Number | 86-3-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China | Xi'an |
Period | Early 20th Century |
Date Made | 1900-1912 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Ink | Rice Paper |
Technique | Rubbing |
Iconography | Tang Taizong Horse | Baitiwu |
Description | Large sheet of white paper with image in black of Baitiwu (白蹄乌) one of the six horses Emperor Taizong created for his mausoleum, Zhaoling. Border of stepped stone at all edges. Ink on rice paper. Unmounted. Plain border with central horse: standing. Paintings like these are not actually rubbings and were instead made with stencils and blown ink. |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. Oswald A. Holzer, 1986 |
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