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PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
A Group of Four Painted Pottery Equestrian Archers
TANG DYANSTY (618-906)
Details
A Group of Four Painted Pottery Equestrian Archers
Tang dyansty (618-906)
Each figure dressed in a fitted long-sleeved robe and a black peaked cap, the moustached faces painted with expressions of concentration, as each twists his body to shoot an arrow into the air, the muscular horses of strong build with pricked ears and open mouths standing foursquare on rectangular bases, the deep saddles set atop saddle blankets painted in imitation of elaborate textile designs and spotted animal pelts, all picked out in red, blue, green, black and white pigments
13¼in. (33.7cm.) high (4)
Tang dyansty (618-906)
Each figure dressed in a fitted long-sleeved robe and a black peaked cap, the moustached faces painted with expressions of concentration, as each twists his body to shoot an arrow into the air, the muscular horses of strong build with pricked ears and open mouths standing foursquare on rectangular bases, the deep saddles set atop saddle blankets painted in imitation of elaborate textile designs and spotted animal pelts, all picked out in red, blue, green, black and white pigments
13¼in. (33.7cm.) high (4)
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 28-29 November, 1994, lot 250.