A PAIR OF UNUSUAL PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURES OF EQUESTRIENNES

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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURES OF EQUESTRIENNES
TANG DYNASTY

Each court lady seated astride a well-proportioned horse, one of the horses shown in a striding position, the other standing foursquare, each rider with right hand raised to her chest, a bird perched on the hand of one, and each wearing full robes and an unusual long hood shaped on top as the head of a falcon, traces of red, black and pink pigment and white slip (chip to tail)
11 1/8in. (28.2cm.) high, box (2)

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See Excavations of the Sui and Tang Tombs at Xi'an, Institute of Archaeology, pl. 83, fig. 2 for similar examples excavated from the tomb of Xianyu Tianhua dated to A.D. 723.

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 766h87 is consistent with the dating of this lot