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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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1327

Chinese Leaping Horse and Rider

Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,560

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