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LOT 1951

Large Chinese Tang Terracotta Horse

TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.

2 1/4 in. (14 kg, 51.5 cm).

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

Ex Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990.

Accompanied by 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 examples in the Dallas Museum of Art; cf. The Indianapolis Museum of Arts at Newfields, accession number 60.75, for similar.

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LOT 1951

Large Chinese Tang Terracotta Horse

Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)

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