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Heritage information

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◇ Collection Name:Earthenware horse

◇ Historical date:Western Han dynasty

◇ Collection Size:Height : 64 cm

◇ Collection Source:Excavated at Yangguishan in 2005

Introduction of cultural relics

The four horses found in Yangguishan are identical to the ones unearthed from the pit of warthedware armies at Shizishan. They have broad bodies and thighs, wide-open eyes, erect ears and slightly closed mouths with a hoeizontal hole through eht corners, presumably for fixing a gag bit. The horses were made of grey clay and moulded in seperate parts:the ears;the heads and the body.prduced in 2 vertical sections; the four legs and the tail. After the horses were assembled and refined, they were fired and pained.

Collection of fine works

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◆Xuzhou Museum

◆Xuzhou Han Dynasty Stone Art Museum

◆Weitianchi Calligraphy Museum, Zhao Xucheng Art Museum