Lot Essay
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C104x23 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A LARGE PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURE OF A CAPARISONED STRIDING HORSE
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (550-577)
Details
A LARGE PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURE OF A CAPARISONED STRIDING HORSE
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (550-577)
Finely modelled with head slightly tilted to the left accentuating the arched muscular neck and spirited, alert attitude of the horse, richly arrayed in finely detailed trappings including a wrapped plume between the pricked, notched ears, a narrow fringe-hung strap at the top of the neck, a chest collar hung with tufts and a crouper hung with pendants below a grid-pattern fitting of bosses molded with florets on the rump, the saddle covered with a long knotted cloth draped over flared mud guards, with traces of white, orange, red and black pigment
20¼ in. (50.4 cm.) high
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (550-577)
Finely modelled with head slightly tilted to the left accentuating the arched muscular neck and spirited, alert attitude of the horse, richly arrayed in finely detailed trappings including a wrapped plume between the pricked, notched ears, a narrow fringe-hung strap at the top of the neck, a chest collar hung with tufts and a crouper hung with pendants below a grid-pattern fitting of bosses molded with florets on the rump, the saddle covered with a long knotted cloth draped over flared mud guards, with traces of white, orange, red and black pigment
20¼ in. (50.4 cm.) high