Figure of a Kneeling Ox
1099-1499
Scroll
Figure of a Kneeling Ox
1099-1499
Physical Qualities
Iron, 10 × 20 × 8.5 cm. (3 15/16 × 7 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Baltimore Museum of Art
Object Number
2016.242
Iron animals have been among mortuary wares found in Sichuan Province and may represent a variation of the late Tang (618-907) practice of burying a golden ox and an iron pig with the decreased to drive away evil spirits. The figure of an ox, heavily corroded yet distinctive, is uncommon in collections outside China.
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Angela Falco Howard, "Chinese Sculpture," New Haven, Yale University Press, c. 2006, p. 150.
Meng Yuanzhao. Tang zhi Yuan dai muzang zhong chutu de tieniu tiezhu. Zhongyuan wenwu (2007.1): 72–79.
Yi Yang, Death Ritual in the Tang Dynasty (618–907): A Study of Cultural Standardization and Variation in Medieval China. PhD dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 2019.
https://media.proquest.com/media/hms/PFT/2/Ta49C?_s=5Ki8iIhVQOup%2Bfft3o569OOY8NE%3D
Meng Yuanzhao. Tang zhi Yuan dai muzang zhong chutu de tieniu tiezhu. Zhongyuan wenwu (2007.1): 72–79.
Yi Yang, Death Ritual in the Tang Dynasty (618–907): A Study of Cultural Standardization and Variation in Medieval China. PhD dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 2019.
https://media.proquest.com/media/hms/PFT/2/Ta49C?_s=5Ki8iIhVQOup%2Bfft3o569OOY8NE%3D
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