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A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. A HUANGHUALI ‘PAINTING’ TABLE,
HORSES AND RIDERS thermoluminescence test no.C103c51, HUA’AN
Tang Dynasty dated 28 February 2003, is consistent Qing Dynasty/Republic Period
The chestnut-glazed horses standing four- with the dating of this lot. The single-panel top set within the wide
square on unglazed rectangular bases, the rectangular frame with a beaded edge
finely-moulded heads reaching forward, the Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結 above plain aprons and spandrels, the frame
male and female riders respectively wearing 果（2003年2月28日，編號C103c51）顯示年 supported on thick legs of round section
glazed green tunics, with finely painted faces, 代與本拍品年代一致。 joined by pairs of stretchers.
the arms raised and folded at the elbows, 207cm (81 1/2in) wide x 43cm (17in) deep x
wood stands. Related sancai glazed groups of horse and 79cm (31in) high.
Each 38cm (15in) long (4). rider, Tang dynasty, have been excavated from
high-ranking burials in Luoyang, illustrated in £15,000 - 20,000
£10,000 - 15,000 Luoyang Tang dynasty Sancai, Beijing, 2980, CNY130,000 - 180,000
CNY89,000 - 130,000 pls.28, 30 and 31; another related pottery
group of horse and rider, Tang, is illustrated
by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics From the 清/民國 黃花梨夾頭榫平頭畫案
唐 三彩騎馬俑一對 Meyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol.1,
pp.118-119, pls.193-195. Compare with a related huanghuali ‘painting’
Provenance: Vanderven Oriental Art, table, but with legs of square section, 19th
‘s-Hertogenbosch, 17 November 2003 century, which was sold at Bonhams London,
A Swiss private collection 12 May 2016, lot 231.

來源：荷蘭斯海爾托亨博斯古董
商，Vanderven Oriental Art，2003年11月17日
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