TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

This magnificent, and impressively large horse with its cream-colored coat and amber mane and tail, is unusual in its attractive coloring and the details of its trappings. The ceramic horses of the Tang dynasty were either decorated with sancai (three-color) glazes, like the current horse, or were unglazed and painted. Both techniques were extremely successful. The sancai-glazed group exhibits brilliant, lasting colors which emphasized the horses' powerful bodies.