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LOT 1327
Chinese Leaping Horse and Rider
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 AD
19" (4.55 kg total, 48cm).
A ceramic figure of a leaping horse, the body decorated in red paint with spots to the mane and rump, mouth open to suggest exertion; female rider wearing long robe, the hair drawn into a high bun, hand raised, perhaps to hold attached reins.
Provenance
From the Cheuk family collection.
Literature
See Harrist, R. Power and Virtue: The Horse in Chinese Art, New York, 1997.
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