Grand cheval en terre cuite vernissée Chine, dynastie Tang (618-907)

debout sur une base rectangulaire, l'encolure relevée, la tête tournée vers la gauche, la crinière et la selle décorés d'un vernis sancai vert, ocre jaune et brun, le corps du cheval recouvert d'un vernis blanc

L.Wannieck Collection.
Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Etude Ader Picard Tajan, 20^th October 1975, lot 1.

The bottom of the legs and the rear right corner of the base (around the hoof) have been broken and restored. The tip-end of the tail and at least one ear have also been restored. Some minor chips and fritting to the lacing and the bottom edges of the saddle apron, beneath the stirrups, and to the tip end of the last bunch of hairs of the mane. Some expected firing imperfections/glaze gaps in the white glaze by the neck and to the top of the legs. A small flake to the top of the right fore leg.
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