Buffalo with Rider
1300–1325
- Medium
- glazed porcelain with iron spots, qingbai ("blue-white") ware
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
About
Boys tending buffalos were associated with a carefree life in the countryside free from the duties of officialdom. Water droppers contained water that was used to dissolve ink sticks into liquid ink for brush painting and writing.