拍品 191
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A Sancai-Glazed Pottery Figure of a Caparisoned Horse
PROPERTY FROM THE SCHLOSS COLLECTION
A Sancai-Glazed Pottery Figure of a Caparisoned Horse

TANG DYNASTY

細節
A Sancai-Glazed Pottery Figure of a Caparisoned Horse
Tang dynasty
The well-proportioned figure modeled standing foursquare on a rectangular base, with head alertly turned to the side, the body glazed in amber and cream, the hogged mane in cream and the trappings molded with florets and hung with leaf medallions glazed in green and amber
213/8in. (54.3cm.) long
展覽
Santa Ana, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Seeking Immortality: Chinese Tomb Sculpture from the Schloss Collection, 6 October 1996 - 16 March 1997, no. 34.
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, Seeking Immortality: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Schloss Collection, 20 September 1998 - 3 January 1999, no. 34.

拍品專文

A horse similar to the present example was excavated from the tomb of the Tang Princess Yongtai, dated 706, at Qianxian, Shaanxi province; see Wenwu, 1964:1, p. 11. A horse of the same period, dated 703, was unearthed at Yanshi, Henan province; see Kaogu, 1992:11, fig. 4:5.