Lot Essay
It is rare to find this combination of powerful modeling, extremely large leaf-shaped medallions and stirrups on a large glazed Tang horse
It appears that stirrups are shown more commonly on smaller horses, or horses with riders, such as the examples included in the exhibition, The Silk Road, Treasures of Tang China, The Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1991 and illustrated in the Catalogue, pp. 30-31. Two other smaller horses with stirrups are illustrated in Ceramic Art of the World vol. II, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 184 and another is illustrated by Wan-go Weng and Yang Boda, The Palace Museum: Peking, New York, 1982, p. 245, pl. 141
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C97c80 is consistent with the dating of this lot
It appears that stirrups are shown more commonly on smaller horses, or horses with riders, such as the examples included in the exhibition, The Silk Road, Treasures of Tang China, The Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1991 and illustrated in the Catalogue, pp. 30-31. Two other smaller horses with stirrups are illustrated in Ceramic Art of the World vol. II, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 184 and another is illustrated by Wan-go Weng and Yang Boda, The Palace Museum: Peking, New York, 1982, p. 245, pl. 141
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C97c80 is consistent with the dating of this lot