Head of a Horse (Translation)
머리 삼국시대 가야 (Primary Title)
馬首 三國時代 伽耶 (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Most likely a fragment of a full, mounted terracotta cavalryman, this head is realistically modeled with detailed bridle and represents a horse in combat during the Silla Kingdom’s territorial expansion across the Korean Peninsula. This clay horse head resembles in artistic style the horse and rider sculptures excavated in 1924 from a 6th-century tomb in Gyeongju, Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
Three Kingdoms period, Gaya Confederacy (42-562)
None
Gift of Carol Mattusch in memory of Harriet and Kurt Robert Mattusch
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