Lot 583. A 'sancai'-glazed pottery figure of a Fereghan horse, Tang dynasty (618-907); height 18 1/4 in., 46.4 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD. Lot sold 56,250 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

standing foursquare on a  base, the head tilted with a combed and cropped straw glaze mane falling to one side with parted fringe, pricked ears and large unglazed eyes , strapped in a bridle with amber and green floret trappings on the forehead, nose and flanking the jaw continuing around the neck and resting on the rump, finished with a pleated unglazed red painted saddle resting on a mottled amber, green and straw glaze rug on the back.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 11th December 1990, lot 192.

Sotheby's. Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private Collection of 'Song' Ceramics, New York, 23 march 2011