Bullock Cart

CultureChinese

Date7th century C.E.

MediumEarthenware with traces of paint and gilding

DimensionsOverall: 18 × 31 × 17 inches (45.72 × 78.74 × 43.18 cm)

Credit LineGift of C. T. Loo

Object number31-143

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionTwo-wheeled "Peking cart" drawn by ox with elaborate trappings. Decorated with color and gold.Provenance

Provenance

With C. T. Loo (1880-1957), New York, by September 1931;

His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.

Published References

Capolavori nei Secoli: enciclopedia di tutti le arti, di tutti i popoli, in tutti i tempi, no. 26 (Milano: Fratelli Fabbri, May 19, 1962), 31 (repro.).

Ellen R. Goheen, The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988), 156 (repro.).

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 289 (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 322, pl. 117 (repro.).

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