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PROPERTY OF A LADY PROVENANCE
A PAIR OF PAINTED POTTERY HORSES Yamanaka & Company, Osaka, 1936.
Collection of Brigadier General William Cary (1891-1978) and
TANG DYNASTY
Lois (1896-1988) Crane, and thence by descent.
each horse rearing onto the bent back legs while vigorously
Brigadier General Crane was a decorated veteran who,
raising one front leg and planting the other Þ rmly on the
base, the suspended hoof poised at a deliberate angle in among other distinguished positions, served as the military
preparation to plunge forward, the drama heightened by attaché to the U.S. Ambassador in Japan in the 1930s,
and became the Chief of Sta# of the Southern Defense
the arched neck, wide eyes, ß ared nostrils, and exposed
Command in 1942.
teeth behind upcurled lips, the saddle blanket and tassels of
the strapwork trappings ß ying outward in motion, traces of
pigment (2) $ 15,000-20,000
Height 13¾ in., 34.9 cm Ⓒġġġ昞≈⼑楔ᶨ⮵
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Ⱉᷕ⓮㚫炻⣏旒炻1936⸜
WilliamġCaryġCraneġⅮ⮯ġĩ1891Į1978Īġ⍲⣓ṢġLoisġCraneġ
ĩ1896Į1988Īġ㓞啷炻㬌⼴⭞㕷⁛㈧

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