TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

Details

A LARGE AMBER-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
20 1⁄16 in. (51 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in 1998 in Hong Kong
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 8

Literature

J. J. Lally & Co., Early Chinese Ceramics, An American Private Collection, New York, 2005, no.8

Exhibited

J. J. Lally & Co., Early Chinese Ceramics, An American Private Collection, New York, 28 March-16 April 2005, no.8

Conditions of sale

Lot Essay

A comparable amber-glazed horse from the Schloss collection, without the cream-glaze on the hooves and on the front of the head, was exhibited in the China Institute and illustrated in Robert E. Jr. Harrist, Power and Virtue: The Horse in Chinese Art, New York, 1997, p. 73, no. 10.

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