A well-modelled unglazed pottery figure of a prancing horse Tang Dynasty, 7th / 8th century the elegant horse finely modelled striding forward with head held high and right foreleg raised up in animated gesture, the head fitted with a bridle hung with leaf-shaped tassels, vividly sculpted with flared nostrils and mouth agape below bulging eyes and heavy brows, the forelock parted in the center before the full finely combed mane sweeping down one side of the neck to the leather saddle with stirrups, set atop a large padded blanket secured by a crupper strap suspending bulbous ornaments, above the docked tail tied back from the well defined, muscular legs, with extremely finely painted details to the lower eyelids and overall traces of polychrome over white slip 25 1/4 by 25 1/2 in., 64.1 by 64.8 cm
A well-modelled unglazed pottery figure of a prancing horse Tang Dynasty, 7th / 8th century the elegant horse finely modelled striding forward with head held high and right foreleg raised up in animated gesture, the head fitted with a bridle hung with leaf-shaped tassels, vividly sculpted with flared nostrils and mouth agape below bulging eyes and heavy brows, the forelock parted in the center before the full finely combed mane sweeping down one side of the neck to the leather saddle with stirrups, set atop a large padded blanket secured by a crupper strap suspending bulbous ornaments, above the docked tail tied back from the well defined, muscular legs, with extremely finely painted details to the lower eyelids and overall traces of polychrome over white slip 25 1/4 by 25 1/2 in., 64.1 by 64.8 cm
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