BOVINE WITH A PRONOUNCED HUMP

Description The bovine, due to the pronounced hump on the withers, the developed dewlap and the narrow hindquarters, can be interpreted as a zebu, even if the horns are small for this animal. The ox is in a static pose on its four straight legs. He has a coat that is engobed in white slip and black. The harnesses on the head are also rendered with simple painted black lines. The inside of the ears, the part above the eyes, the front of the muzzle, the dewlap and the hooves are painted pink. Cattle are often depicted in various poses in funerary figurines and bas-reliefs from the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-581 CE). In the Tang era, a certain naturalist taste was established for realistic depictions of the “luminous objects” of the funerary procession (mingqi) with allusion to everyday life.