Lot 164. A painted pottery figure of a horse, Tang dynasty (618-907). Height 16 1/2  in., 42 cm; Length 18 1/2  in., 47 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 15,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

well-modeled, the animal standing foursquare on a rectangular base, the head slightly lowered and turning to the right, the mouth agape, nostrils flared, eyes alert, a long, combed red-painted mane falling thickly to one side of the neck, the saddle covered in a red-painted cloth, knotted and falling in pleats to either side, above a saddle cloth painted with black streaks simulating fur, the tail docked and bound, traces of red and black pigment. 

Provenance: Estate of Theodore Allen Heinrich.
Sotheby’s New York, 15th June 1983, lot 186.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Works of Art, New York, 17 march 2015, 02:00 PM