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22. A GL AZED PO TTERY FIGURE OF A SADDLED HORSE
                 Tang Dynasty (618–907)

                 with cropped mane and docked tail, standing four square on a rectangular base, the head fitted
                 with a bridle and turned to one side with ears pricked, covered all over with a cream-white glaze
                 of pale yellowish tint, the mane and forelock splashed with amber brown, the saddle and blanket
                 unglazed and showing extensive remains of original cinnabar red.
                 Height 13¾ inches (34.9 cm)

                 Compare the very similar glazed pottery horse from the Turner Collection, now in the Columbia Museum of Art, illustrated
                 in Eye to the East: The Turner Collection of Chinese Art, Columbia, 2008, p. 30.

                 唐 彩釉陶馬 高 34.9 厘米
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