Boy on a ram’s back
| Accession Nr.: | 2790 |
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| Type: | funeral object; pottery |
| Date of production: |
25 AD–220 AD
Han dynasty |
| Place of production: | |
| Acquisition: | Bequest of Zoltán Felvinczi Takács (?) |
| Materials: | earthenware |
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| Techniques: | glazed |
| Dimensions: | height: 10.4 cm diameter: 5.5 cm length: 9.6 cm |
This figurine of a boy riding on a ram stood in the middle of a bowl with a rim bending upwards. The boy is holding the ram’s horn with his right hand and is turning his head to the left. He is sitting in a saddle. The dark green lead-glaze is characteristic of the Han period; most probably, the figure was made in the Eastern Han period (25 A.D.–220 A.D.) in a pottery in Shaanxi or Henan.