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LOT 2174
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,236
CHINESE TANG TERRACOTTA HORSE
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.
20 in. (14.2 kg, 51 cm high).
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.
20 in. (14.2 kg, 51 cm high).
Modelled in the round standing on a rectangular base, one foreleg raised, head bent down and to the right, short dressed tail tied with a ribbon; wearing saddlecloth, saddle and harness adorned with bells; remaining polychrome pigmentation.
PROVENANCE:
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C122d29 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.203476.
LITERATURE:
See Prodan, M., The Art of The T'ang Potter, London, 1960, for a comparable example (pl.XI).
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AUCTIONS:
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