A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The spirited figure naturalistically modelled standing on a rectangular base with front right leg raised, head lowered and mouth open, the solidly modelled mane with rippling edge and the tail knotted, arrayed in tassel-hung trappings and a long knotted blanket draped over the saddle, traces of red, orange, black and white pigment
17¼ in. (43.8 cm.) long, stand

Lot Essay

Compare a similarly animated painted pottery horse illustrated in In Pursuit of Antiquities: Thirty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 22 December 1995 - 18 February 1996, no. 83.

Another example with similarly knotted blanket and rippled mane, but with head tilted to the left, was sold in these rooms, 20 September 2005, lot 174.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C205d91 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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