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LOT 2112
Huge Chinese Han Standing Horse
HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. OR LATER
29 1/8 in. (19.1 kg, 74 cm wide).
Modelled in the round with its head oriented forwards, with semi-naturalistic anatomical and facial detailing; socket to rump for attachment of tail.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Cf. Harrist, R.E. Jr., Power and Virtue The Horse in Chinese Art, New York, 1997, pp.54-55, for similar.
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