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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF PAINTED POTTERY EQUESTRIANS A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY HORSES AND RIDERS
Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty
Each rider wearing a tall hat over a cowl and high waisted tunic, the The chestnut-glazed horses standing four-square on unglazed
horses striding forwards with the heads turned slightly to their right rectangular bases, the male and female riders with finely painted
and with parted forelocks. faces, the arms raised and folded at the elbows, wood stands. Each
37.5cm and 38cm (14.3/4in. and 15in.) high. (2). 38cm (15in) long. (4).

£3,000 - 5,000 £3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000 CNY26,000 - 44,000
HK$29,000 - 48,000 HK$29,000 - 48,000
Compare with a model of a horse and rider in the Metropolitan Provenance: Vanderven Oriental Art, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 17
Museum, New York, accession no. 51.93a, b. November 2003
A Swiss private collection
Provenance: A UK Private Collection, acquired pre-2000 in London.
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence
test no.C103c51, dated 28 February 2003, is consistent with the
dating of this lot.

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