A PAIR OF PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURES OF EQUESTRIENNES, the court lady riders shown with hands on their breast suggesting holding the reins, seated astride the black painted saddle, wearing long robes, the full face modeled with small features framed by the lines of her wing-like coif, the horse standing foursquare with head turned to the left and realistically detailed with creases in the soft skin of the muzzle and the chin, the mane hogged and the tail bound, extensive white slip remaining, traces of coloured pigment, Tang Dynasty | Christie's

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A PAIR OF PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURES OF EQUESTRIENNES, the court lady riders shown with hands on their breast suggesting holding the reins, seated astride the black painted saddle, wearing long robes, the full face modeled with small features framed by the lines of her wing-like coif, the horse standing foursquare with head turned to the left and realistically detailed with creases in the soft skin of the muzzle and the chin, the mane hogged and the tail bound, extensive white slip remaining, traces of coloured pigment, Tang Dynasty

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A PAIR OF PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURES OF EQUESTRIENNES, the court lady riders shown with hands on their breast suggesting holding the reins, seated astride the black painted saddle, wearing long robes, the full face modeled with small features framed by the lines of her wing-like coif, the horse standing foursquare with head turned to the left and realistically detailed with creases in the soft skin of the muzzle and the chin, the mane hogged and the tail bound, extensive white slip remaining, traces of coloured pigment, Tang Dynasty
33cm. high (2)

Lot Essay

The results of Hong Kong thermoluminescence tests no's 125.95 and 126.95 are consistent with the dating of this lot

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