Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 5 March 2018
Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000
About this Item
Two Chinese painted pottery figures of equestrians, Tang Dynasty, 618-907
each horse standing foursquare on an unglazed rectangular base, each hooded rider seated atop a black-painted saddle and a blanket highlighted with green, white and red foliate decoration, their moustached faces modelled with high cheek bones, their robes red-glazed with white and green dot decoration, with raised hands, 45,5cm high
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Notes
Each figure accompanied by an Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescence Analysis Report, Nos C109q70 and C108y18
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