Lot 932
932
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EQUESTRIAN DRUMMER
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EQUESTRIAN DRUMMER
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EQUESTRIAN DRUMMER

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Details
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EQUESTRIAN DRUMMER
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The rider wears a green-glazed coat and amber hood and is seated with both hands raised and curled as if grasping implements to play the round circular drum. The horse stands foursquare on a rectangular base with head turned slightly to the left and is glazed in amber and straw.
16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm.) high
Provenance
William E. Little, Sr. (1910-1991) Collection, New York and Connecticut.
Literature
C. H. Lachman, Ming-Ch'i Figures from the William E. Little Collection, 1989, Hanover, cover and no. 41.
Exhibited
Hanover, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Ming-Ch'i Figures from the William E. Little Collection, 2 September-26 November 1989.

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Lot Essay

A similar hooded equestrian figure is illustrated in Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1973, no. 10, p. 18, and a comparable hooded drummer is illustrated in Selections of Chinese Art from Private Collections, China Institute, New York, 18 October 1984 - 4 January 1987, p. 87.

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