first half 8th century
81.5 x 26 x 23 cm (32 1/16 x 10 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
Yellow stone with brown markings
1st millennium CEChineseSancai ("three color") family of wares: molded pinkish white earthenware with caramel-brown and pale-green lead-fluxed glazes (and with grooved spine for attachment of hair from the mane of an actual horse)
8th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: off-white earthenware with clear and caramel-brown lead-fluxed glazes, and with traces of cold-painted pigments in localized areas
8th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with lead-fluxed amber-brown glaze
8th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments and gold leaf over white ground
7th-8th centuryChineseCold-painted funerary ware: molded white earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
7th-8th centuryChineseWhite marble
8th-9th centuryChineseGray limestone with traces of polychromy
7th-8th centuryChineseCold-painted funerary ware: molded buff earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigment
7th-8th centuryChineseMolded, white earthenware with cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChineseMolded white earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
7th-8th centuryChineseMolded off-white earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments on white ground
7th-8th centuryChinese