A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE, TANG DYNASTY, the spirited beast shown with right foreleg raised and turned to the left, with long mane and forelock, the body moulded with leaf-shaped pendants, and the saddle covered with a long cloth bound at the sides and falling in folds, pigment traces, restoration--20¾ in. high

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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE, TANG DYNASTY, the spirited beast shown with right foreleg raised and turned to the left, with long mane and forelock, the body moulded with leaf-shaped pendants, and the saddle covered with a long cloth bound at the sides and falling in folds, pigment traces, restoration--20¾ in. high

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Compare with the similar horse illustrated by Andre Leth, Catalogue of Selected Objects of Chinese Art in the Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, 1959, no. 55

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