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A RED POTTERY MODEL OF A HORSE AND
RIDER
Tang Dynasty
The rider probably depicting a foreigner, with a
determined expression and hair tied up in a top knot
beneath a black cap, seated astride a red painted
horse standing four-square with well-modelled
facial features, 42cm (16 1/2in) high; together with
a small model of a horse, Tang dynasty, standing
four-square with alert expression, covered overall
in white wash, 24cm (9 1/2in) long; and another
pottery model of a horse at full gallop and rider, Tang
dynasty, 16.2cm (6 1/2in) long. (3).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,000 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

唐 彩繪騎馬俑兩件 及 陶馬俑 一組三件

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger
Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011,
no.16 (the larger horse and rider).

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2011年，編號16（最大者）
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For a similar example of a painted pottery horse
and rider, Tang dynasty, with the characteristic
long sleeve covering either one or both hands, see
M.Girard-Geslan, Of Earth and Fire: The T.T.Tsui
Collection of Chinese Art in the National Gallery of
Australia, Canberra, 1999, pp.42-43, no.19, where
the author notes that a long sleeve covering the
hand is an indication of aristocratic status.
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TWO PAINTED POTTERY ‘ZODIAC’ FIGURES
Tang Dynasty
Modelled with animal heads supported on human
bodies, each wearing loose robes with long sleeves,
their hands held together at their chests, with traces
of white and coloured pigments remaining, the
heads respectively depicting the goat and the dog.
The largest 32cm (12 1/2in) high. (2).
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

唐 陶生肖俑 一組兩件

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd.
thermoluminescence test no.C105h66 dated 2
March 2005, is consistent with the dating of this
lot. (right figure)

Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果
（2005年3月2日，編號C105h66）顯示年代與本拍
品年代一致。（圖右）

A related set of twelve pottery Zodiac figures, Tang
dynasty, unearthed at Xi’an, Shaanxi Province in
1955 and currently in the Museum of Chinese
History, Beijing, was included in the exhibition
China in Venice, Venice, 1986, nos.56-67; another
complete set, excavated in 1950 at Ba Qiao, 81
Shaanxi Province, and currently in the Shaanxi
Beiling Museum, was included in the exhibition
Gilded Dragons, London, 1999, no.63.

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