TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The spirited figure with right foreleg raised and with mouth open, the solidly modelled mane with rippling edge and the tail knotted, arrayed in tassel-hung trappings and a long blanket draped over the saddle, the crouper centered by an elaborate 'fire pearl', with traces of white, red, pink and black pigment and specks of gold foil
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) long, wood stand

Lot Essay

Compare horses with similar knotted saddlecloths and trappings illustrated by E. Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, Stamford, 1977, vol. II, pl. 96; and in R. Hobson, The Catalogue of the George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese, Korean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1925, vol. I, pl. XXXII, nos. 233 and 240.

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