A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE
(2)Estimate $6,000 – $8,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY
the energetically modelled caparisoned horse with a raised foreleg in a prancing posture, its head inclined to the left, the mouth open and neck with long thick mane, the draped saddle hanging in flared pleats over the saddle blanket, with faint traces of black decoration, removable docked tail, perspex stand
(2)
54CM HIGH, 51CM LONG
- Lot Sold SOLD (Hammer Price)
Provenance
Art Treasures Gallery, Hong Kong, 11 March 1997. Certificate of Antiquity from Art Treasures Gallery dating the horse to the Tang Dynasty, April 1997.
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