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A RARE PAIR OF PAINTED GREY POTTERY CEREMONIAL HORSES
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A RARE PAIR OF PAINTED GREY POTTERY CEREMONIAL HORSES

WEI/EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-7TH CENTURY

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A RARE PAIR OF PAINTED GREY POTTERY CEREMONIAL HORSES
WEI/EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-7TH CENTURY
Each modelled standing four-square on a rectangular base and turning slightly to the left, unusually caparisoned with bronze bells suspended from tassels on a strap spanning the chest, the saddle with protruding mud screens, the rump with a decorative ceremonial 'fire-pearl' finial above the long tail, one with a long mane parted down the centre of the arching neck, the other with a cropped mane, each with a forelock falling forward between the ears, traces of original pigment remaining
14 in. (35 cm.) long (2)
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These horses are similar in their posture, size and trappings, notably the tassels, to a glazed Henan example given the same date by William Watson, Tang and Liao Ceramics, New York, 1984, p. 196, no. 216. The large tassels and the sturdy, arched necks still show the strong influence of the Northern Wei style as illustrated by William Watson, Pre Tang Ceramics of China, London, 1991, p. 226, no. 149; and in the exhibition, Art of the Six Dynasties, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, 1975-6, p. 58, no. 34. A pair of horses dated Northern Dynasties, 5th-6th century, with wire-linked pendent tassels and 'fire-pearls' on the rump are illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art; Chinese Ceramics I: Neolithic to Liao, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 72. Compare, also, the similar tassels and mud flaps under the saddle on the horse illustrated ibid., no. 71.

The results of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test nos. C97k83 and C97k84 are consistent with the dating of this lot.