A NISHAPUR POTTERY HORSE

NORTH EAST PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY

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A NISHAPUR POTTERY HORSE
NORTH EAST PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY
Strongly modelled with pronounced saddle and plaited tail, the haunches painted under the clear glaze with manganese bold arabesques, similar reserved motifs flanking the saddle, the mane cursorily indicated, a band of roundels around the chest, the feet dark, the eyes drilled. Very slight restorations.
5in. (14.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

While animal sculpture in metal is well-known from Khorassan, pottery examples are apparently unpublished. None are included in the catalogue of the Nishapur finds, nor are any included in the photographs of the Afrasiyab finds (Wilkinson, Charles K.: Nishapur, Pottery of the Early Islamic Period, Greenwich, Conn., 1973).

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