Lot 346
346
A Rare Painted Grey Pottery Figure of a Horse and Foreign Rider
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A Rare Painted Grey Pottery Figure of a Horse and Foreign Rider

EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 7TH CENTURY

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A Rare Painted Grey Pottery Figure of a Horse and Foreign Rider
Early Tang dynasty, 7th century
The powerful horse modeled with head raised and ears pricked forward, with a hogged mane and docked tail, the foreign rider wearing a long tunic, boots and a tied, fitted cap, looking off to the right with one hand held to his chest, the other positioned low to hold reins, his face modeled with prominent cheekbones and scowling expression, traces of red and white pigment
18½in. (49.9cm) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 27 November 1990, C.C. Wang Family Collection, lot 26.
Literature
A. Juiano, Bronze, Clay and Stone: Chinese Art in the C. C. Wang Family Collection, Seattle and London, 1988, pl. 58.

Lot Essay

A. Juliano in Bronze, Clay and Stone: Chinese Art in the C.C. Wang Family Collection, pl. 58., has related this piece to a group of grooms excavated from a mid-Tang tomb outside Yangzhou in Jiangsu province, Kaogu, 1983:9, pp. 799-802, where the similarity of the faces, bodies and boots suggest that these figures belonged to a regional workshop.

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