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A pair of straw-glazed pottery horses                                  A brown and straw-glazed standing horse
Sui/early Tang Dynasty                                                 Tang Dynasty
Each finely potted with saddle and bridle, standing foursquare on a    The saddled horse powerful with bulging eyes and open mouth, the
rectangular plinth, the head rendered with hogged mane and powerful    body covered with large chestnut brown splashes running over a
neck.                                                                  cream coloured glaze, the saddle and base left unglazed.
32cm (12 5/8in) high (2)                                               48cm (18 7/8in) high

£3,000 - 5,000       CNY30,000 - 50,000                                £3,000 - 5,000       CNY30,000 - 50,000
HK$38,000 - 63,000	                                                    HK$38,000 - 63,000	

隋/唐初 稻黃釉馬俑一對                                                           唐 稻黃釉馬俑

Provenance 來源: David MacAlpine Collection                              Provenance 來源: R. & G. McPherson Ltd., London
The Country Seat, Oxfordshire                                          Roy Davids Collection, no.132, acquired on 18 December 2005
Roy Davids Collection, no.31, acquired on 24 September 2001
                                                                       The result of thermoluminescence test no.C114h34 dated 7 August
The results of thermoluminescence test nos.C114h32 and C114h33,        2014, Oxford Authentication Ltd., is consistent with the dating of this
dated 11 August 2014, Oxford Authentication Ltd., are consistent with  lot.
the dating of this lot.

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