Roof-Ridge Tile

Original Language Title綠釉陶武官房脊裝飾

Primary TitleHorse and Rider

CultureChinese

DateMing dynasty (1368-1644)

MediumPottery

DimensionsOverall: 18 × 14 × 7 1/2 inches (45.72 × 35.56 × 19.05 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Kirkwood Estate

Object number34-314/4 A

On View

Not on view

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionOne of a pair of grayish horses each carrying a rider.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Emperors, Scholars and Temples: Tastemakers of China’s Ming and Qing Dynasties, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, August 12, 2016 – July 9, 2017.

Provenance

Probably William Rockhill Nelson (1841-1915), Oak Hall, Kansas City, MO, by 1915 [1];

Probably inherited by his daughter, Laura Nelson Kirkwood (1883-1926), Kansas City, MO, 1915-1926;

Inherited by her husband, Irwin Kirkwood (1878-1927), Kansas City, MO, 1926-1927;

Kirkwood Estate, 1927-1934;

Gift of the Kirkwood Estate to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] This is one of a group of objects that came to the Nelson-Atkins from the family of William Rockhill Nelson, one of the museum’s founders, and is thought to have been in Nelson’s home, Oak Hall.

Provenance

Kirkwood Estate;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

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