TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE
Tang dynasty (618-907)
Standing with head turned tautly to the left and long straw-glazed mane swept over to one side of the muscular neck, the trappings molded with florets and hung with 'apricot' leaf medallions, and the unglazed saddle cloth set atop a contrasting splash-glazed blanket
20 5/8in. (52.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the similar horse illustrated by Mae Anna Pang, An Album of Chinese Art from the National Gallery of Victoria, 1983, pp. 80-1, no. 25.
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C102k67 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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