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Realistically modelled in a forward moving posture, with long striding dancing. A particular breed of foreign horse were favoured by the
legs, pricked ears and flowing saddle cloth, this large pair of horses Xuanzhong emperor to perform a variety of dancing performances
display a remarkable degree of observation on the sculptor part (r.667-731 AD) on the occasion of his birthday. See R.Jacobsen,
which is vividly captured in the finest examples of pottery figures Celestial Horses and Long Sleeve Dancers: The David W. Dewey
manufactured during the Tang dynasty. Collection of Ancient Tomb Sculptures, Minneapolis, 2013.

Horses in Tang-dynasty China were admired for their speed, A related pottery model of a horse, Tang dynasty, is illustrated in
tenaciousness, and intelligence; they were deemed important means V.Choi, Horses for Eternity-Terracotta Equestrian Tomb Sculpture
in the realms of travel and war and played a big role in the leisure of Dynastic China, Hong Kong, 2007, no.67, pp.186-7.
activities of the highest-ranking classes, such as polo, hunting and

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