A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE

TANG DYNASTY

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A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE
Tang Dynasty
Shown standing on a trapezoidal base with neck tautly arched, the well-proportioned body covered in a straw glaze streaked in green and amber draining from the tassel-hung trappings and the hogged mane, with traces of reddish-orange pigment
22in. (57.1cm.) long

Lot Essay

The result of Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art thermoluminescent test no. 166m40 is consistent with the dating of this lot.