TANG DYNASTY

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Two painted red pottery polo players
Tang dynasty
The spirited horses naturalistically modelled in full gallop with all four legs extended and hoofs off the ground, the male and female polo players seated firmly in the saddle with their bodies twisted at the waist and the arms positioned to strike, with brick-red, green, orange-red, black pigment, white slip and gilt, some restorations
39.5 cm. long (2)

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Lot Essay

These figures are related to the well-known group of four polo players in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, referred to in the Handbook of the Collections, Kansas City, 1959, p.208; See also M. Medley, Tang Pottery and Porcelain, pl.41, p.51; compare further the polo player exhibited at the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-6, Catalogue, pl.2432, p. 223.

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