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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