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Buffalo with Rider
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBuffalo with Rider, early 1300s. China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Glazed porcelain with iron spots, qingbai ("blue-white") ware; overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.278
