A Pair of Painted Grey Pottery Horse Torsos
Han Dynasty
Each powerful body hollow-molded with apertures on the underside for the insertion of separately made legs, the strong head with pierced mouth and bared teeth, covered overall with brick-red pigment detailed in white with trappings
24½in. (62.2cm.) long, stands (2)
Lot Essay
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C199t4 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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