Autumn Dew, also known as Whirlwind Victory (), was one of Emperor Taizong's warhorses. According to historical records, he was being ridden by the emperor during a great siege when an arrow pierced the horse's breast, and the emperor was forced to exchange horses with his general, Qiu Xinggong. Autumn Dew is believed to be one of the horses portrayed in the stone reliefs known as the

Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum The ''Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum'' () are six Tang (618-907) Chinese stone reliefs of horses (1.7m x 2.0m each) which were located in the Zhao Mausoleum, Shaanxi, China. Zhao Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong of Tang (r. 626–6 ...

, in which a man, possibly Qiu Xinggong, is shown removing the arrow. The six reliefs commissioned by Taizong for his mausoleum were placed outside his tomb on an altar meant for memorial ceremonies. In 1914, an American collector purchased two of the reliefs, one of which showed Autumn Dew, from local dealer C.T. Loo and had them shipped back to the USA, where they are now in the possession of the

Penn Museum The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology—commonly known as the Penn Museum—is an archaeology and anthropology museum at the University of Pennsylvania. It is located on Penn's campus in the University City neighb ...

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*{{cite book , last = Yang , first = Hong , chapter = From the Han to the Qing , pages = 105–197 , title = Chinese Sculpture , publisher = Yale University Press , year = 2006 , isbn = 978-0-300-10065-5 , chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PGuPsNCaJdwC&pg=PA105 Chinese sculpture Stone sculptures in China Horses in art Tang dynasty art Individual warhorses Emperor Taizong of Tang