A POTTERY FIGURE OF A STANDING CAPARISONED HORSE

Description:

China, Northern Wei dynasty
H. 24 cm
Standing on a rectangular base, depicted with a closed mouth, arched neck, with an elaborate saddlecloth with tassel-hung straps.
From a European private collection, acquired at L.H.W. Hong Kong on 29 April 1995, the results of a TL analysis (M. Y. Tso, University of Hong Kong, 48.95, 23 March 1995) are consistent with the dating of this lot - Restored breaks at the legs, partially restored small chips
Cf. with a horse of similar posture, sold by Christie's London, 6 June 2000, lot 282, and with a horse similar in the depiction of the saddle, dated to the Eastern Wei dynasty, sold by Christie's New York, 18 September 2003, lot 201; cf. another horse, caparisoned in a similar way, dated to the Eastern Wei dynasty, sold by Bonhams London, 9 November 2017, lot 42.