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A CHINESE BUFF POTTERY MODEL OF AN EQUESTRIAN POLO PLAYER THE HORSE MODELLED IN FULL GALLOP WITH ALL LEGS EXTENDED AND HOOVES OF THE GROUND, THE RIDER SEATED FIRMLY IN HIS SADDLE WITH FEET STRETCHED FORWARDS IN THE STIRRUPS, HIS BODY TWISTED AT THE WAIST, DRESSED IN A TIGHT FITTED TUNIC AND HOOD, HIS RIGHT ARM RAISED TO STRIKE AND LEFT ARM HELD CLOSE TO HIS SIDE, SOME RED AND BLACK PIGMENTS REMAINING -- 13¼IN. (33.5CM) LONG, TANG DYNASTY, PERSPEX STAND, (SOME RESTORATION).
SEE FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION.
THE RESULT OF THERMOLUMINESCENCE TEST, OXFORD 766W5050, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DATING OF THIS LOT.
FOR A SIMILAR MODEL SEE CHRISTIE'S LONDON, 10TH JUNE 1996, LOT 47.
SEE FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION.
THE RESULT OF THERMOLUMINESCENCE TEST, OXFORD 766W5050, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DATING OF THIS LOT.
FOR A SIMILAR MODEL SEE CHRISTIE'S LONDON, 10TH JUNE 1996, LOT 47.