A painted pottery figure of an equestrian, Tang dynasty | 唐 陶加彩騎馬俑

Myth, Devotion and the Material World, Weisbrod, New York, 1997, cat. no. 30.

Compare a buff pottery figure of a horse and rider similarly clutching a tiger excavated from the tomb of Princess Yongtai (685-701). Another similar painted pottery example sold in these rooms, 22nd March 1995, lot 206. See also a pair with a cat and a dog on the saddle, sold in these rooms, 22nd March 2001, lot 76, and again 23rd March 2019, lot 1532.