A PAIR OF GOOD PAINTED AND GLAZED FIGURES OF EQUESTRIANS

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A PAIR OF GOOD PAINTED AND GLAZED FIGURES OF EQUESTRIANS
YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY

Each rider shown seated astride a caparisoned horse modeled with a wavy mane and long tail swept to one side, supported on a rectangular base, their hands positioned as if to hold objects, possibly musical instruments, one dressed in a short jacket over a loose blue tunic, his horse glazed pale green with brown splashes, the other wearing a a long tunic with green borders, his horse glazed amber with green trappings, both with unglazed removable head painted with mustache and beard over flesh-toned pigments, extensive pigment remaining including some gilt decoration on the saddle pommel--both approx. 15½ in.(39.4cm.) high (2)

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Compare the very similarly modeled equestrian figure which has been dated Yuan, excavated from a tomb at Chengde in Hebei province, illustrated in Zhongguo Diaosushi Tulu, vol. 4, no. 1901. See, also, the pair of equestrians from a funerary procession of seventy-four figures in the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, illustrated in Chinese Pottery Figurines, 1950, Catalogue no. 22