A LARGE PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURE OF A SADDLED HORSE

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A LARGE PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURE OF A SADDLED HORSE
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Finely modelled striding with head turned slightly to right, the mouth open and the ears pricked, with hogged mane and docked tail, the saddle covered with a knotted cloth set atop a blanket painted with scrolling foliage
30 3/8 in. (77 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar large horse, though modelled standing foursquare rather than striding, is illustrated in Jacques Barrère, Art d'Extreme Orient, Paris, 1991, pp. 50-51; compare, also, the pair sold in these rooms, 21 September 2004, lot 197.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C203a9 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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