Lot 82. An amber-glazed pottery figure of a horse, Tang dynasty (618-906). Height 21 3/8  in., 55.4 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 22,500 USD. © Sotheby's

standing foursquare, the animal's head sensitively modeled, slightly lowered and turning to the left, a runnel for the mane running down the neck and atop its back an unglazed saddle and saddle-cloth, the figure generously covered in a rich amber glaze that runs down the body and pools at the hooves and along the rectangular supporting plinth.

Provenance: George Eumorfopoulos Collection, London, inventory no. 1021.
Sotheby's London, 28th May 1940, lot 53.
John Sparks, London.
Copeland Collection, London.
David Alexander Antiques, London, 28th September 1982.

Literature: R. L Hobson, The George Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue, Vol. 1, London, 1925, no. 299, pl 45