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A painted grey pottery figure of a horse
TANG DYNASTY
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A painted grey pottery figure of a horse
Tang dynasty
A horse shown standing with the right foreleg raised and the head slightly turned to the left, long wavy mane painted in red and ducked tail, the body moulded with a large saddle coverd with cloth and decked with trappings around the head, chest and rump, molded in relief with pointed gilt medallions, traces of white slib, gilding, red pigment, some restoration
52,5 cm high
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Lot Essay
The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of the Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test number C105Y4.
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