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PROPERTY FROM THE PETER SCHEINMAN COLLECTION

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A PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURE OF
AN EQUESTRIAN

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206BC-AD8)
The rider is well modeled wearing a short tunic and a close-
ftting helmet that ties beneath his chin, his hands positioned
to rein in his spirited horse shown with its neck arched and ears
laid back, its powerful body adorned with white trappings
and tassels.
17 in. (43 cm.) high
$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE

Oriental Bronzes Ltd., London, 10 February 1990.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York.

EXHIBITED

Paris, Agnes Deydier, Terre Cuite de la Dynastie des Han,
9 March-7 April 1990, Paris.

LITERATURE

J. C. Koo ed., Born of Earth and Fire: Chinese Ceramics from
the Scheinman Collection, Baltimore, 1992, p. 46, no. 19, and
catalogue cover.
西漢 彩繪陶騎馬男俑

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