A very large Sichuan grey pottery striding horse Han dynasty

the beast finely modelled and striding with the left leg forward, the haunches incised with stylized circles and muscles, the head raised high upon the sinuous 'S'-shaped neck, accented by a rigid mane, the mouth open as if in an animated neigh and finely incised with the folds of skin around the lips, brows over the bulging eyes and the alertly pricked upright ears, ample traces of red pigments overall

Private American Family Collection, late 1980s-early 1990s.
Thence by descent to the present owners.