Lot 1020
1020
A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF A HORSE
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BARON FRANCOIS DE BERENX
A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF A HORSE

YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-15TH CENTURY

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A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF A HORSE
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-15TH CENTURY
The caparisoned horse is shown standing foursquare with head turned slightly to the right, and has a split forelock and pricked ears. The saddle is decorated with a single flower head, and is set on top of a deep oval blanket decorated with a diaper pattern, and the chest strap and crouper are hung with tassels.
10 in. (25.3 cm.) long
Provenance
Private collection, Hong Kong, ca. 1962-63.

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Lot Essay

This bronze horse is very similar to a painted pottery example dated to the Yuan dynasty, from Weiqu in Chang'an county, Shaanxi province, and now in the Shaanxi History Museum, illustrated by Bill Cooke (ed.) in Imperial China: The Art of the Horse in Chinese History, Lexington, Kentucky, 2000, p. 164, no. 155, where it is noted that the large oval saddle skirt is typical of the Yuan dynasty, and the horse is identified as being of Mongolian type.

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