A PAINTED AND SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EQUESTRIAN

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A PAINTED AND SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EQUESTRIAN
TANG DYNASTY

The rider in an alert posture with both arms bent as if to grasp reins, dressed in a wide-lapelled, belted green tunic, astride the horse standing foursquare on a thin rectangular base, its arched neck with cropped mane, head slightly turned to its left and straw-glazed body splashed at regular intervals with dribbling green and amber on the blaze and hoofs, the rider's head with traces of pink, red and black depicting a stern facial expression below the black, beaked cap, black lines limning the horse's fittings, some restoration--14½in. (36.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare a related figure on a straw glazed horse with splash-glazed saddle cloth sold in these rooms, May 30, 1991, lot 253

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 766b11 is consistent with the dating of this lot