Lot 244. An Unusual Amber-Glazed Red Pottery Equestrian Figure, Northern Wei Dynasty (535-557); 91/8in. (23.2cm.) long. Estimate USD 3,500 - USD 5,500. Price realised USD 3,290. © Christie's Image Limited

Hollow modeled as a stout horse covered in full armor standing foursquare on a rectangular base, the rider also wearing armor and a helmet with circular opening that frames his face, the top of the scabbard held in his left hand pierced, partially covered with an amber glaze shading in areas to olive, wood stand.

Property from the Schloss Collection. 

Exhibited: Santa Ana, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Seeking Immortality: Chinese Tomb Sculpture from the Schloss Collection, 6 October 1996 - 16 March 1997, no.103..

The result of Oxford themoluminescence test no. 466t27 is consistent with the dating of this lot..

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art, New York, 21 September 2000