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LOT 2083
Chinese Tang Terracotta Polo Player Pair
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.
17 3/4 - 18 1/2 in. (10.65 kg total, 45-47 cm high including stands).
A dynamic pair of ceramic polo player figures modelled in the round, riding galloping horses in vigorous poses, each a female in a robe with long sleeves and extensive remains of polychrome pigmentation, detailing to the harnesses and rider's garments; each with a custom-made display stand. [2]
Provenance
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C124a7 from Oxford Authentication for one of the figures.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12097-213518.
Literature
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1938,0524.114, for broadly comparable figures.
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