Lot Essay
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 766j4 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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PROPERTY FROM THE SCHLOSS COLLECTION
A Painted Grey Pottery Figure of a Horse
HAN DYNASTY
Details
A Painted Grey Pottery Figure of a Horse
Han Dynasty
Shown standing foursquare with the well-modeled head facing forward and ears pricked alertly, with a separate docked tail inserted into a hole in the rump, the body painted brick red and the bridle and trappings in white and red pigment
22½in. (57.2cm.) high
Han Dynasty
Shown standing foursquare with the well-modeled head facing forward and ears pricked alertly, with a separate docked tail inserted into a hole in the rump, the body painted brick red and the bridle and trappings in white and red pigment
22½in. (57.2cm.) high
Literature
The Norwalk Weekly Life & Times, Ancient Images, Chinese Tomb Figures, 29 October 1998, p. C6.
Exhibited
Santa Ana, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Seeking Immortality: Chinese Tomb Sculpture from the Schloss Collection, 6 October 1996 - 16 March 1997, no. 90.
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, Seeking Immortality: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Schloss Collection, 20 September 1998 - 3 January 1999, no. 90.
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, Seeking Immortality: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Schloss Collection, 20 September 1998 - 3 January 1999, no. 90.