Lot Essay
Cf. a horse of this type found in a Jin dynasty tomb excavated in 1955, Zhenzhou, Henan province, illustrated in Kaogu tongxun, vol.1957:1, pp.37-41, pl.14; another illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol.8, Tokyo, 1955, pl.106; and another in the National Gallery of Victoria, illustrated by Mae Anna Pang in An Album of Chinese Art, Melbourne, Australia, 1983, pp.70 & 71. A similar horse is also illustrated by A.Lau (ed.), op.cit fig.68, p.106.
A similar horse, from The Hardy Collection, was sold in our New York Rooms, 21 September 1995, lot 16; another on 30 May 1991, lot 230; another, from The Aurelius Parenti Collection, 3 June 1988, lot 184; and another of larger proportions, from The Scheinman Collection, 23 March 1995, lot 22.
A similar horse, from The Hardy Collection, was sold in our New York Rooms, 21 September 1995, lot 16; another on 30 May 1991, lot 230; another, from The Aurelius Parenti Collection, 3 June 1988, lot 184; and another of larger proportions, from The Scheinman Collection, 23 March 1995, lot 22.