Lot 364
364
A PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURE OF A MONGOLIAN PONY, the stocky pony standing foursquare on short, knife-pared legs, with a hogged mane between the forward-pricked ears, the long tail arched downwards, the deep saddle with high pommel and cantle set atop a short blanket, extensive white slip remaining (minor damages), Han Dynasty

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A PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURE OF A MONGOLIAN PONY, the stocky pony standing foursquare on short, knife-pared legs, with a hogged mane between the forward-pricked ears, the long tail arched downwards, the deep saddle with high pommel and cantle set atop a short blanket, extensive white slip remaining (minor damages), Han Dynasty
37cm. long

Lot Essay

Compare the similar figure excavated from a tomb in Zhenzhou, Henan province, illustrated in Kaogu tongxun, 1957, no.1, p. XIV: another illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, 1955, vol. 8, pl. 106

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