Striding Horse

Object nr. 349 China, Tang Dynasty (618-907) Height: 88 cm | Length: 83 cm

Provenance:
- With Dragon Culture, Hong Kong 1990-'s
- With Vanderven UK Ltd., London 1997
- With Vanderven & Vanderven, 2014
- Private Collection, The Netherlands 2022

TL-Tested by Oxford Authentication
Condition Report Available

Price on request

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Striding Horse

This large unglazed pottery horse, has unusual red pigments. Its long striding legs, pricked ears, wavy forelock and flowing saddle cloth, all suggest a horse in motion. Its head carefully modelled with an alert expression, pricked ears and flaring nostrils. A groove runs down the length of the animal’s neck, in which probably once real horse hair was placed. In the Tang period, pottery models of horses were produced in substantial quantities testifying to their importance in Chinese society. However the size of the figures, as well as the amount allowed in burials were regulated by strict sumptuary laws. The unusually large size of this horse indicates it would have been made for an important nobleman or princeling.

Floris van der Ven

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