TANG DYNASTY

Details

A large amber-glazed pottery figure of a horse
Tang dynasty
Naturalistically modelled standing foursquare an a rectangular slab base, head slightly turned to the left, the saddle unglazed and with traces of red pigments, the neck grooved for a mane
54 cm. high, 55 cm. long

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Lot Essay

For similar examples, see W. Honey, The Ceramic Art of China and other countries of the Far East, pl. 168; and R.L. Hobson, The Eumorfopoulos Collection, Vol.I, pl. XLV, no. 229.

The result of Kotalla thermoluminescence test no. 186228 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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