Finely modelled in the full round. The Horse is of beautiful form and proportion; his head raised in alert pose with ears perked. With fine detail to features and characteristic aperture along the neck and posterior for the insertion of horse hair to form the mane and tail, a characteristic of pottery horses of the early Tang dynasty.
Height: 18 ½ inches (47 cm.)
Length: 16 inches (40.5 cm.)
Ex: New England Collection (acquired from our gallery in the mid-1990’s) Prior in an American Collection.
TL tested.
