A CHINESE POTTERY LARGE UNGLAZED MODEL OF AN EQUESTRIAN ARCH...

Estimate

£4,000 - £6,000

A CHINESE POTTERY LARGE UNGLAZED MODEL OF AN EQUESTRIAN ARCHER
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907
with his left arm raised to hold the bow and his right arm pulled towards his chest to hold the arrow, seated on an animal skin saddlecloth, with white dots on a black ground, the horse with open mouth, pricked ears and trimmed mane, the archer with a most expressive and concentrated facial details with long beard and moustache, all with original pigmentation in terracotta colour, white, black and red, the horse with bulging detailed eyes, all on a rectangular base.
45cm high x 40.3cm long

PROVENANCE: From an English private collection, Highgate, London.

Sold by Roger Keverne, London, 16th May 2002

More Information

The figure presents very well. Under UV light there are repairs to the neck of the horse and all four legs, also the tips of the tail