A Painted Buff Pottery Figure of a Caparisoned Horse
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A Painted Buff Pottery Figure of a Caparisoned Horse

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A Painted Buff Pottery Figure of a Caparisoned Horse
Tang dynasty (618-907)
Boldly modeled standing with right foreleg raised, with flaring nostrils, open mouth and docked tail, the arched neck with a thick long mane, with a saddle blanket and tasseled trappings, traces of orange, black and white pigment
16in. (40.6cm.) high
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Exhibited: Santa Ana, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Seeking Immortality: Chinese Tomb Sculpture from the Schloss Collection, 6 October 1996- 16 March 1997, no. 127.

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