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A RARE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY 唐 三彩馬
‘NEIGHING’ HORSE 來源
TANG DYNASTY (618-907) 1998年購於香港
The chestnut glazed horse is powerfully modelled standing four-
square on a rectangular base, the head raised and thrusting forward 此三彩馬作翹首長嘯狀，有別於一般垂首的三彩例子，殊為
with mouth agape as if it is neighing, with a straw-glazed cropped 難得。可比較一件姿態相似的三彩馬，鞍袱施釉，1979 年 4
mane and docked tail, tacked up with an unglazed saddle and 月 3 日於倫敦蘇富比拍賣，拍品 83 號。另見一件同樣作昂
trappings with appliques glazed in green and cream. 首狀的唐代彩繪陶馬，2001 年 3 月於紐約展覽於埃斯肯納齊
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high, 22 in. (55.9 cm.) long 《Tang Ceramic Sculpture》，圖錄圖版 11 號。
HK$700,000-900,000 US$91,000-120,000 此器經牛津熱釋光測年法檢測（測試編號 C100k56；2000 年
5 月 8 日），證實與本圖錄之定年符合。
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1998
While most sancai-glazed horses are potted with heads tilting down or
cocked to one side, this horse is highly unusual with its head raised and
thrusting forward, as if giving out a jolly neigh. Compare to a sancai
horse in a similar pose, decorated with a green-glazed furry saddlecloth,
sold at Sotheby’s London, 3 April 1979, lot 83. An unglazed polychrome-
painted pottery horse, also with head facing up, was exhibited in Tang
Ceramic Sculpture, Eskenazi, New York, March 2001, no. 11.
The result of Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test no.
C100k56 (8 May 2000) is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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