A rare large Qingbai iron-brown-splashed, figure of a horse, China, Northern Song dynasty-Yuan dynasty (AD 960-1368)
Lot 835. A rare large Qingbai iron-brown-splashed, figure of a horse, China, Northern Song dynasty-Yuan dynasty (AD 960-1368); 11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high. Estimate $20,000 - $30,000. Price Realized $25,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The piebald shown standing foursquare on a rectangular base, with its mouth open in a neigh, with cropped mane, knotted tail and a rope halter, covered with a transparent glaze of very pale olive tone splashed in iron brown, box
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York
Oxford thermoluminescence test no. P114n72 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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.
