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PROPERTY FROM THE PETER SCHEINMAN COLLECTION

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A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE

TANG DYNASTY, 8TH CENTURY
The fgure is powerfully modeled with right leg raised, the mouth open, the
head turned slightly to the left, the tail braided, the mane dentilated and the
saddle cloth tasseled.
17 in. (43 cm.) high
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE

Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York, before 1992.

LITERATURE

J. C. Koo ed., Born of Earth and Fire: Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman
Collection, Baltimore, 1992, p. 60, no. 33.
The result of Thermolumineszenz-Gutachten test no. 584215 is consistent
with the dating of this lot.
唐 彩繪陶馬

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