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LOT 2198
Chinese Han Painted Terracotta Horse
HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D.
23 1/2 in. (9.3 kg, 60 cm).
The animal with erect neck and head, ears pinned back, painted face, bridle, harness and saddle rug; tail and rider absent.
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
Collection of an American lady living in London.
Accompanied by an Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence analysis report no.C100a36, dated 7 January 2000.
See Prodan, M., The Art of The T'ang Potter, Thames and Hudson, 1960, for comparable examples and discussion.
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