Title

Ox-drawn covered wagon with lady passenger, late Tang dynasty, China, 9th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Ox-drawn covered wagon with lady passenger, late Tang dynasty, China, 9th century. A stoneware model from Xing kiln, Hebei province, of a covered wagon drawn by a yoked oxen attended by a peasant with a lady seated inside. The roof of the wagon, peaked at both ends, is glazed very dark brown with two floral embellishments, as are the wheels and other small details on the ox and figures which are dotted with brown and covered with a greenish white translucent glaze.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

800th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B71_334

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (658,4Kb) / 7,4in x 9,5in / 2218 x 2835 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation animal female women woman people male man men country China Chinese guy color colour ox passengers passenger poor poverty location century wagon pottery lady artefact dynasty concept peasant peasants artifact covered wagon glazed oxen stoneware Tang Dynasty Museum of East Asian Art 9th century waggon object Unknown ceramic ceramic object