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LOT 0430
Chinese Northern Qi Ceramic Caparisoned Horse
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, 550-577 A.D.
15 3/8 in. (2.85 kg, 39 cm high).
The animal's head raised, mouth open and ears pricked, integrally modelled saddle, caparison, bridle and plume; tail absent.
Provenance
Acquired 1980s-1990s.
Ex West Country collection.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.C122g65 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11701-199226.
Literature
Cf. Arthur M. Sackler Museum, From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M. Solomon, Cambridge, 2002, p. 92, no. 19, for a similar horse; cf. J.J. Lally & Co., Early Dynastic China Exhibition: Works of Art from Shang to Song, New York, 26 March - 26 April 1996, no. 5.
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