AN IMPORTANT MASSIVE SANCAI -GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FEREGHAN HORSE TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The superbly modeled horse is shown standing foursquare on a rectangular base, its head turned slightly to one side, and its mouth slightly open. The body is covered with a rich amber glaze, the wavy mane and forelock picked out in cream, and the saddle is splash-glazed on top of the cream saddle blanked edged in leaf green. The elaborate trappings are hung with 'apricot leaf' medallions on the rump, and cream-colored tassels on the chest. 30 ¼ in. (76.8 cm.) high Provenance Mr. C. Winslow-Taylor Collection, by 1947. The property of a lady; Sotheby's London, 11 December 1984, lot 113. A & J Speelman Ltd., London, 1986.
AN IMPORTANT MASSIVE SANCAI -GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FEREGHAN HORSE TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The superbly modeled horse is shown standing foursquare on a rectangular base, its head turned slightly to one side, and its mouth slightly open. The body is covered with a rich amber glaze, the wavy mane and forelock picked out in cream, and the saddle is splash-glazed on top of the cream saddle blanked edged in leaf green. The elaborate trappings are hung with 'apricot leaf' medallions on the rump, and cream-colored tassels on the chest. 30 ¼ in. (76.8 cm.) high Provenance Mr. C. Winslow-Taylor Collection, by 1947. The property of a lady; Sotheby's London, 11 December 1984, lot 113. A & J Speelman Ltd., London, 1986.
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