AN UNUSUAL PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE

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AN UNUSUAL PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE
TANG DYNASTY

Spiritedly modeled with right foreleg raised, the head with taught, muscular features below laid-back ears and the gracefully arched neck grooved for insertion of a mane, the cloth draped over the saddle roughly textured in imitation of fur, possibly long-haired lamb's wool, and painted in red pigment, with further traces of red, pink and white pigment, restored--25¾in. (65.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

For another example of a prancing horse with this rare textured saddle cloth see the figure included in the Royal Ontario Museum exhibition, Silk Roads--China Ships, 1983, and illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 69 (left)