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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FEMALE
POLO PLAYER
Tang Dynasty
The powerfully-built horse modelled with the right
foreleg raised high and the head cocked slightly to
the left, the lady seated astride with arms raised and
a satchel tied around her waist, her face delicately
painted with rouged cheeks, lips and arched
eyebrows beneath her hair looped in double knots
above her head, traces of red and black paint.
36.5cm (14 3/8in) high.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
唐 陶胎彩繪馬球仕女俑

Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de
Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian
Crown, Commander of the Order of St Maurice
and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of
Pius IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess
Maragaretha d’Austria Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de
Marchio (1894 – 1986).
Acquired from Tung Yi & Co., Beijing, 12 September
1939.

來源：
佛朗西斯高•瑪利亞，塔里安利•得•馬基奧侯爵
（1887-1968）及馬加烈特•奧地利-托斯卡納女大公，
塔里安利•得•馬基奧女侯爵（1894-1986）伉儷收藏
於1939年9月12日購自北平古董商通藝公司

Compare with a similar pottery polo player, Tang
dynasty, from the Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Sydney, acc.no.EC29.1962.
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A SANCAI-GLAZED BOWL AND A CUP
Tang Dynasty
The bowl well potted, with rounded sides rising from
a short foot to an everted rim, 10cm (4in) diam; the
cup of deep ‘U’ form with a narrow footring and
everted rim, both decorated with amber, green and
straw glazes falling short of the foot to reveal the
pinkish-buff body,
7.6cm (3in) diam, wood stands. (4).
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£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
唐 三彩盌及盃

Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de
Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian
Crown, Commander of the Order of St Maurice
and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of
Pius IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess
Maragaretha d’Austria Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de
Marchio (1894 – 1986).
The cup, acquired from Tung Koo Tsar Chinese Curios &
Arts Co., Shanghai, 7 April 1943; the bowl, according to
the collection inventory list, probably acquired from King
Koo Chai, Shanghai, 14 December 1942.

來源：
佛朗西斯高•瑪利亞，塔里安利•得•馬基奧侯爵
（1887-1968）及馬加烈特•奧地利-托斯卡納女大公，
塔里安利•得•馬基奧女侯爵（1894-1986）伉儷收藏
三彩盃於1943年4月7日購自上海古董商通古齋古玩號
三彩盌據檔案記載，或於1942年12月14日購自上海
古董商晉古齋文玩號 59

A related sancai-glazed cup, Tang dynasty, was sold
at Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2016, lot 101.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot THE MARCHESE AND MARCHESA
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. TALIANI DE MARCHIO COLLECTION | 77