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LOT 1303
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,598
CHINESE CERAMIC PRANCING HORSE STATUETTE
TANG DYNASTY, 618-906 AD
20 1/2" (6.9 kg, 52 cm).
TANG DYNASTY, 618-906 AD
20 1/2" (6.9 kg, 52 cm).
A horse statuette on a polyhedral base, finely modelled in a lively advancing pose with tilted head, one foreleg raised; the eyes and mouth wide open, the made an ochre band with parted forelock; the musculature of the neck, shoulders and haunches emphasised.
PROVENANCE:
UK art market, acquired prior to 1980.
