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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FEMALE
POLO PLAYER
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The rider, with hair dressed in a double topknot, wears a long tunic worn of the right shoulder to free the
rider’s raised right arm while swinging the mallet, with the body bent slightly to the side and the head
positioned to follow the ball. The horse is shown in full gallop with head pulled to the left and mouth open,
and is glazed in chestnut with a green saddle and touches of white glaze on the hooves, forelocks, mane,
face and tail.
13æ in. (35 cm.) long, metal stand, cloth box
$300,000-500,000
PROVENANCE
The Property of Lady Mitchell; Sotheby’s London, 8 December 1964, lot 9.
The Property of a Gentleman; Sotheby’s London, 6th April 1976, lot 41.
The British Rail Pension Fund; Sotheby’s London, 12th December 1989, lot 59.
Gerbe Collection, Switzerland.
EXHIBITED
London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1977-1985.
Dallas, The Dallas Museum of Art, 1985-1988.
Paris, Christian Deydier/Oriental Bronzes Ltd., Twentieth Anniversary, September-November 2000.
LITERATURE
Christian Deydier/Oriental Bronzes Ltd., Twentieth Anniversary, Paris, 2000, no. 14.
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