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A RARE BLUE AND SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE
OF AN EQUESTRIAN
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The rider with foreign features is shown with hands raised as if to
hold the reins and dressed in a blue tunic, with amber-glazed lapels
and boots. The chestnut-glazed horse stands foursquare on a
rectangular base with its head turned slightly to the left.
17Ω in. (44.4 cm.) high
$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE
Nagatani, Chicago, 25 July 1967.
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no.366e45 is
consistent with the dating of this lot.
唐 藍釉三彩胡人騎馬俑

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