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Horse
The collection record classifies this work as jade. It is dated 1600s. Recorded culture or place: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
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- Museum title
- Horse
- Date
- 1600s
- Culture / origin
- China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- Materials and technique
- jade
- Dimensions
- Overall: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1952.480
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
In China, access to political power was granted to those who passed the civil service examinations, a system that offered official service only at a high level of education. Chinese literati-officials whose daily routine was administrative work in an office, enjoyed precious objects on their writing desks that offered distraction and demonstrated good taste. By the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties, these utensils of the literati studio became also collectibles and were treasured as artworks.
Desk objects included paper weights; seals and seal paste boxes; brush rests, wrist rests and brush holders; water droppers, ink cakes, miniature mountains, and albums, all ranging in material from jade, gilt bronze, lacquer, and wood to porcelain.
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