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Lot 10

A sancai-glazed pottery model of a horse
Tang Dynasty

16 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,812.50 inc. premium

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A sancai-glazed pottery model of a horse

Tang Dynasty
The horse modelled standing four-square on a rectangular base, modelled with its head slightly turned to the left, bulging eyes and alert ears, the body glazed in rich ochre with brown-glazed strapwork suspending medallions, the unglazed saddle with traces of red pigment. 52cm (20 1/2in) high.

Footnotes

唐 三彩馬

Provenance: presented to the present owner by a distinguished Hong Kong businessman circa 1990

來源:約1990年,由一名顯赫香港商人贈與現任藏家

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C106m3 dated 23 May 2006, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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