A painted gray pottery figure of a pack horse, Northern Wei dynasty | 北魏 灰陶加彩馬

Virginia Private Collection, until 1992.

弗吉尼亞州私人收藏，至1992年

Compare a similar painted pottery horse carrying heavy packs, previously exhibited in Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Currier Gallery of Art and Worcester Art Museum, sold in these rooms, 7th November 1980, lot 41. Another slightly smaller pack horse formerly in the Aurelius Parenti Collection, sold in Christie's New York, 3rd June 1988, lot 188.

The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test  no. 766j71.

本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測編號766j71，結果與其斷代相符