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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RARE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE AND RIDER,
TANG DYNASTY (618-907),
Details
A RARE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE AND RIDER,
Tang dynasty (618-907),
the elegant rider wearing a green-glazed robe, black-painted boots and a black court hat, his face painted pink and finely detailed in black with a mustache and goatee, the amber-glazed horse standing foursquare atop a rectangular base
15¾in. (40cm.) high
Tang dynasty (618-907),
the elegant rider wearing a green-glazed robe, black-painted boots and a black court hat, his face painted pink and finely detailed in black with a mustache and goatee, the amber-glazed horse standing foursquare atop a rectangular base
15¾in. (40cm.) high
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. David Spelman Collection.
Sotheby's, New York, 27 November 1990, lot 30, The C.C. Wang Family Collection.
Sotheby's, New York, 27 November 1990, lot 30, The C.C. Wang Family Collection.
Literature
A. Juliano, Bronze, Clay and Stone: Chinese Art in the C.C. Wang Family Collection, Seattle and London, 1988, pl. 54.
Exhibited
The Arts of China, C.W. Post Art Gallery, Long Island University, 1977, no. 76.