Sujet
Green glazed tomb figure of a Ferghana horse (detail of head)
Légende
Green glazed tomb figure of a Ferghana horse (detail of head), The maintenance and expansion of the Tang empire depended on the mobility of its armies. They in turn depended on the famed Ferghana horses. These steeds have been immortalized in literature as the horses that sweated blood. China. Chinese. Tang dynasty, AD 618 906.
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Werner Forman Archive/Rene Rivkin, Sydney
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A17_206
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
26,8Mo (1,7Mo) / 29,7cm x 22,6cm / 3512 x 2664 (300dpi)