漢 灰陶彩繪騎馬俑五件 其一帶《郭禺》陶文

each modeled as a soldier with hands raised to hold reins, seated astride a horse standing foursquare, the soldiers' garments, armor, saddlecloths and horses' eyes painted with pigment, one horse with a potter's seal impressed on the underside reading Guo yu (5)

中國陶瓷公司，紐約，1997年

華納·李萊故藏

紐約蘇富比，2002年9月19日，拍品編號25

All five figures are in stable condition with the expected repairs, restorations, chips and wear, to the riders' and horses' legs, bodies and extremities, consistent with age.
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Stylistically these figures are related to the large group of equestrian figures discovered in the tombs of the Han dynasty general Zhou Bo and his son, Zhou Yafu, at Yangjiawan in Xianyang county, Shaanxi province.  Examples are illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji, vol 3, Shanghai, 2000, pls. 72, 74, 82, and 88. The figures from Yangjiawan were made with detachable bodies. Pairs of figures, similar to the present lot, dating to the Han dynasty, have been sold in our New York rooms 23rd March 1999, lot 339, and at Christie's New York, 20th March 1997, lot 50.

The present lot is unusual because one of the figures has an impressed seal mark on the horse's stomach reading Guo yu, which may be the name of the maker or of a location.