A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE TANG DYNASTY

spiritedly modeled with right foreleg raised, the head tucked in and mouth open, the mane to one side of the arched neck, the docked and bound tail swinging upward, the red saddle cloth trailing down in crisp pleats, molded trappings along the hind quarters, traces of black, orange and white pigment remaining

Collection of Ezekiel (1913-1987) and Lillian (1923-2012) Schloss.
Sotheby's New York, 3rd December 1984, lot 22.

A Thousand Years of Chinese Sculpture, Epcot Center, Orlando, 1982, pl. 49.

Joan M. Hartman, 'Chinese Tomb Sculpture in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Schloss', Oriental Art, vol. 4, Winter 1969, p. 287, pl. 6.
Ezekiel Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture from Han through Tang, vol. II, 1977, pl. 96.
Gary Graffman, 'The Man with the Last Word', Connoisseur, New York, April 1984, p. 89.

The legs and hollow body with multiple breaks, with old and recent restoration securing the pieces together. The base uneven (from manufacture). The old Sotheby's label detached.
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