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

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£4,000 - £6,000

A CHINESE POTTERY LARGE UNGLAZED MODEL OF AN EQUESTRIAN ARCHER
TANG DYNASTY (618-917)
with his right arm raised to hold the bow and his left arm pulled towards his chest to hold the arrow, seated on a painted animal skin saddlecloth with black dots on a white ground, the horse with pen mouth, pricked ears and trimmed mane, the archer's pink ground face with a moustache and beard, all with original pigmentation in terracotta colour, white, black, pink and red with his cuffs and lapel heightened in pale green original pigment, all on a rectangular base.
44.5cm high x 40.7cm long.  

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

Sold by Roger Keverne, London, 16th May 2002.  A similar example from the tomb of crown Prince Yide in Qian County, is now in the collection of the Shann Xi Historical Museum and is illustrated in Treasures of Chang'an, Capital of the silk Road, pp 222/3

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The figure presents very well. Under UV light, nothing of note is apparent, however, pieces of this nature are often seen with old repairs.