A sancai-glazed figure of a caparisoned horse and a groom, Tang dynasty | 唐 三彩馬及馬夫俑

A sancai-glazed figure of a caparisoned horse and a groom

Tang dynasty

唐 三彩馬及馬夫俑



the horse standing four-square on a rectangular base, its harnessed head turned slightly to the left, ears pricked, the main and forelock in cream with the body covered in a dark chestnut glaze, the breast strap and the crupper applied with florets and hung with leaf-shaped ornaments modelled in high relief with toads and glazed in cream and green, the saddle unglazed, the moustachioed groom standing with arms raised wearing a green and chestnut-glazed long tunic, the head, hands and feet unglazed,

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Height of horse 50 cm, 19¾ in.

Height of the groom 43 cm, 17 in.