A RARE PAINTED STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE

SUI DYNASTY (581-618)

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A RARE PAINTED STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE
SUI DYNASTY (581-618)
Shown standing foursquare on a rectangular base, arrayed in a tassel-hung bridle and a red saddle cloth fitted over the cantle to sit atop long stirrups and flaring, foliate-decorated mud guards, the hogged mane, long tail and a stripe down the back in dark red in contrast to the yellowish glaze of the body, all finely detailed in red, black and pale green
13 in. (33 cm.) long

拍品專文

This figure is a particularly good example of a known type of straw-glazed horse enhanced with 'cold'-painted pigments. For comparable examples, see Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. I, Tokyo, 1976, no. 189, and E. Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture from Han through T'ang, Stamford, 1977, p. 33, fig. 4. See, also, the related pair of painted straw-glazed horses with riders carrying drums, from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, sold in these rooms, 20 March 2001, lot 103.