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865
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GEORGE C.C. HO
866
A CARVED WHITE MARBLE FIGURE
QING DYNASTY

the gure shown standing on a cloud and pouring the water
from a vessel, the garments folding in waves mimicking the
cascading water and curling cloud, the face turned to the left
and framed by a billowing scarf, tted stand (2)
Height 13⅝ in., 34.5 cm

PROVENANCE
C. K. Chan, 17th January 1990.

$ 4,000-6,000

㶭ġġġ䘥⣏䎮䞛晽⁷

865

PROPERTY OF A LADY

A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A
PRANCING HORSE
TANG DYNASTY

spiritedly modeled with right foreleg raised, the head tucked in
and mouth open, the mane to one side of the arched neck, the
docked and bound tail swinging upward, the red saddle cloth
trailing down in crisp pleats, molded trappings along the hind
quarters, traces of black, orange and white pigment remaining
Height 16 in., 40.6 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Ezekiel (1913-1987) and Lillian (1923-2012) Schloss.
Sotheby’s New York, 3rd December 1984, lot 22.

EXHIBITED
A Thousand Years of Chinese Sculpture, Epcot Center, Orlando,
1982, pl. 49.

LITERATURE
Joan M. Hartman, ‘Chinese Tomb Sculpture in the Collection of
Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Schloss’, Oriental Art, vol. 4, Winter 1969,
p. 287, pl. 6.
Ezekiel Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture from Han
through Tang, vol. II, 1977, pl. 96.
Gary Gra man, ‘The Man with the Last Word’, Connoisseur,
New York, April 1984, p. 89.

$ 1,000-1,500

Ⓒġġġ昞≈⼑楔

866

AN IRON HEAD OF A LUOHAN
SONG DYNASTY

the gure with a downcast gaze, articulated pupils and lids,
with full lips and pendulous earlobes, wood stand (2)
Height 8⅞ in., 22.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Colorado Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s.

$ 3,000-5,000

⬳ġġġ揝伭㻊椾⁷

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