Lot 103. A sancai-glazed pottery horse, Tang dynasty (618-906); 52cm., 20 1/2 in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot Sold 40,000 GBP. © Sotheby's

standing four-square on a rectangular base with the head raised and held slightly to the left, the saddle glazed green over a mottled ochre, cream and green saddle blanket, with ochre-glazed foliate-shaped plaques suspended from the halter, breast and crupper straps, the body glazed in a light green with the mane and tail in cream, the base unglazed, wood stand. 

Provenance: A Tokyo Collection, acquired in Japan prior to the 1980s.