A large bronze figure of a horse, Han dynasty | 漢 青銅馬

Wong and Sons Art Gallery, New York, 1993.

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Wong and Sons Art Gallery，紐約，1993年

Large bronze figures of horses were particularly difficult to produce in a single mould, therefore craftsmen would have to cast the pieces separately and assemble them to form the horse. The labour and material costs would have been tremendous, indicating the immense wealth possessed by provincial landowners and officials. See a related massive bronze horse, formerly in the collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton, now preserved in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession no. 2002.45.

如斯碩大青銅馬難以用單一模具製成，匠人需分件鑄造並組裝，工序繁複需時，反映當朝權貴官宦之社會地位及財力。可參考一較大青銅馬（高1.1米），原為代頓收藏，現藏明尼阿波利斯美術館，藏品編號2002.45。