Lot 780. An unusual painted and burnished red pottery figure of a horse, China, Warring States Period-Western Han dynasty, circa 3rd-1st century BC; 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high. Estimate $.1,000 - $1,500. Price Realized $6,875 . Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

Shown standing foursquare with head raised, the knife-pared body painted black and burnished, box

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1990. 

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART IV - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: METALWORK, SCULPTURE AND EARLY CERAMICS, 20 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.