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Tomb figure of a woman on horseback

Item

Title
Tomb figure of a woman on horseback
Description
Pottery with "three-color" glaze.
Clay: fine, whitish buff, fired medium hard.
Glaze: transparent, with fine crackle, over areas of brown and green on white surface; woman's head unglazed and painted, also other small areas.
Creator
Unknown
Date Created
ca. 700-750
Multiple mediums
Earthenware with lead-silicate glazes and painted details
earthenware
lead-glazed ware
silicates
Who owns the work, where it's held
Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Contains "mixed media" as identifier in open access repository
No
place of creation
Possibly Luoyang, Henan province, China
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