Paperweight in the shape of a horse
This horse paperweight is enlivened by its roan coat of dappled gold. The animal’s whimsical expression and the flames emerging from its withers indicate that this is no common steed. The playfulness of such utensils invited their owners to admire and handle them.
Artwork Details
- 晚明 銅灑金馬形紙鎮
- Title: Paperweight in the shape of a horse
- Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Date: late 16th–early 17th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Copper alloy, splash gilding
- Dimensions: H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); W. (head to tail) 3 in. (7.6 cm); W. (knee to tail) 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); D. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
- Object Number: 08.97a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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