Title
Yellow jade Brahman bull, Tang dynasty, China, 618-907. Artist: Unknown
Caption
Yellow jade Brahman bull, Tang dynasty, China, 618-907. A jade animal carving delicately carved in the form of a bullock with a Brahman bull type hump and a ridged back. Its neck, jaws and hocks all have brown-speckled markings. The bullock is lying down and to one side its foreleg is bent as if it is about to rise. The whole objects is carved out of a pebble with one side slightly mottled.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art
Date
618th century
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images
Reference
HRM19B72_421
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
17,9Mb (427,6Kb) / 9,4in x 7,4in / 2829 x 2213 (300dpi)