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A GROUP OF SIX PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURES OF EQUESTRIAN SOLDIERS AND MUSICIANS
A GROUP OF SIX PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURES OF EQUESTRIAN SOLDIERS AND MUSICIANS
A GROUP OF SIX PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURES OF EQUESTRIAN SOLDIERS AND MUSICIANS
A GROUP OF SIX PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURES OF EQUESTRIAN SOLDIERS AND MUSICIANS
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A GROUP OF SIX PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURES OF EQUESTRIAN SOLDIERS AND MUSICIANS

SIXTEEN KINGDOMS PERIOD (AD 304-439)

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A GROUP OF SIX PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURES OF EQUESTRIAN SOLDIERS AND MUSICIANS
SIXTEEN KINGDOMS PERIOD (AD 304-439)
Each rider is shown seated on an armored horse, five of the riders with their hands raised, and one with a suona (a double-reeded horn).
The largest: 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high
Provenance
Lam & Co., Hong Kong, 1998.

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Lot Essay

Shown seated astride horses, the musicians are shown with their hands positioned to hold instruments and the soldiers holding reins. The clothing, hats, and presence of facial hair seen on these figures suggest the influence of non-Han Chinese traditions and the textured and vibrant cultural landscape of the time. Various grey pottery equestrian musicians and soldiers, similarly attired as the present figures, are illustrated Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Quest for Eternity: Chinese Ceramic Sculptures from the People’s Republic of China, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1987, pp. 79, 119, nos. 39-41.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test nos. C298c33 and C298d98 is consistent with the dating of these figures.

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