Page 4 - 2021 March 16th Japanese and Korean Art, Christie's New York City

PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE COLLECTION
1 A LARGE HANIWA EARTHENWARE SCULPTURE

OF A HORSE

LATE KOFUN PERIOD (6TH-7TH CENTURY)
Of low-fired reddish clay, modeled as a
standing life-like horse wearing a bridle,
stirrups and saddle with bells on the front and
back, the mane tied in a knot at the forehead
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 40 in. (101.6 cm.) long
The results of the report on
Thermoluminescene Analysis no. N121b22
obtained by the Research Laboratory for
Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford
University, are consistent with the dating of
this lot

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from a private collection in Japan, 2004

EXHIBITED:
On loan to the Kyushu National Museum from 2006-
2019.