Lot 650. A large glazed pottery figure of a prancing horse, Tang dynasty (618-907). Height 20 1/8  in., 51 cm. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

powerfully modeled standing on a rectangular base with a raised foreleg, the head turning slightly to the proper left, alert with ears pricked, eyes wide and the mouth open revealing the teeth, covered in a straw glaze with generous splashes of amber and chestnut.

Provenance: Collection of the British Rail Pension Fund.
Sotheby’s London, 12th December 1989, lot 60. 

Exhibited: Dorchester International Ceramics Fair, London, June, 1986 (on loan).