SANCAI GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EQUESTRIAN ARCHER
TANG DYNASTY
£3,400
Auction: 18 September 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
the archer with hands raised as if holding a bow, carrying an arrow quiver on his back, the horse standing four square with head slightly lowered, covered with a creamy-white glaze, with the head and mane highlighted in amber, the saddle streaked in green
Dimensions
43cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private London collection; formerly in the Schloss Collection, see Janet Baker: Seeking Immortality - Chinese Tomb Sculpture from the Schloss Collection, page 46.