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18 mai 2019

A sancai-glazed harnessed horse, Tang dynasty (618-907)

A sancai-glazed harnessed horse, Tang dynasty (618-907)

Lot 103. A sancai-glazed harnessed horse, Tang dynasty (618-907). Length 53.5 cm, 21 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBPLot sold 52,500 GBP (67,835 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's.

standing four square on a base, its harnessed head turned sideways, ears pricked, the long mane parted at the forelock and falling to one side, covered in a straw-coloured glaze and matching the docked and bound tail, the green-glazed saddle gathered at the sides, the saddlecloth splashed in green, chestnut and straw and hung from straps moulded with straw-coloured florettes suspending green tassels, the body glazed in a rich dark chestnut trickling over straw-glazed hooves on the unglazed base.

Provenance: Formerly in the Highfield Jones collection.
Sotheby's London, 8th July 1975, lot 54.
Sotheby's London, 10th December 1985, lot 101.
Thence in the family by descent.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 15 may 2019

 

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