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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE AND A RIDER A MUGHAL-STYLE PALE GREEN JADE DAGGER HILT
Tang dynasty 18th/19th century
The horse and rider both very well potted, the animal standing alert Carved in the form of a horse head with undercut teeth, the mane
on a rectangular base, the horse with a creamy spotted coat, the rider parted to one side in seven plaits, with floral and foliate carvings
wearing an elaborate robe decorated with cloud scroll, seated on a framing the quillon, the stone of pale green tone with russet inclusions.
painted saddle with his hands raised to grasp reins. 5in (12.8cm) long
16 1/4in (41.3cm) high $5,000 - 7,000
$4,000 - 6,000
十八或十九世紀 青白玉痕都斯坦式馬形刀柄
唐 彩繪陶胡人騎馬像
A similar horse-form dagger hilt from the Qing Court Collection is
Provenance illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Purchased from Scott Gordon, August 10, 2004 Museum: Armaments and Military Provision, Shanghai, 2008, no.186.

A figure of a horse and rider, the rider with very similar head gear, from
the Arthur M. Sackler Collections and formerly with J.T. Tai, was sold
at Christie’s New York, 18 March 2009, sale 2268, lot 324. Another
figure of a horse and rider, very similar in proportions, modelling and
painting, also depicting an official in an elaborate robe, was sold at
Sotheby’s Sydney, 27 October 2015, sale AU0800, lot 21.

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