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Tang Dynasty Pottery, Tang Dynasty Horses in New York City |
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of ladies horse riders, the court lady accompanied by her attendant.
Fine details with original pigmentation. Tang Dynasty (AD618-907).
H. 12 in (30.5 cm), L. 11 in (28 cm).
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| Rare
well modeled horse with single horn, as a unicorn, cowry shells collar,
winged saddle with painted white swirls medallions and five petal rosettes
harness, bit (mouth) and crupper (back). Northern Qi (AD 550-577).
H. 12.5 in (31.8 cm), L. 14.25 (36.2 cm).
Oxford T.L. tested.
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Standing foursquare horse with saddle on a plinth. Head turn slightly
to the left with open mouth. Well defined strong muscular definitions
with traces of original orange pigment on the saddle. Tang Dynasty
(AD618-907). H. 12.3 in (31.2 cm), L. 14 in (35.5 cm).
Oxford
T.L. tested.
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| Well modeled
small horse on a standing erect position. Good details on head, tail
and body with original white pigment. Early Tang Dynasty (AD 7th C.
). H. 13 in (33 cm), L. 11.4 in (28.8 cm).
Oxford T.L. tested. |
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| Horse with cargo
and groom. Standing foursquare on a plinth, the horse carries a load
of provisions covered with a feline skin. Good details and gesture of
motion on groom. Black pottery typical of the period. Yuan
Dynasty (AD1279-1368). Horse: H. 10.6 (26.9 cm), L. 14.5 in
(36.8 cm). Groom: H. 10.75 in (27.3 cm).
Oxford T.L.
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| Well modeled
pair of glaze figures of Bactrian camels. Standing erect on a
plinth with head raised and mouth open. Body in amber color
glaze with sancai detailed on blanket around the humps. Tang Dynasty
(AD618-907). H. 23.5 in (59.7 cm). L. 15.5 in (39.4 cm).
Oxford T.L. tested. |
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Unusual pottery figure of a tortoise with a high dome carapace (representing
the universe, the dome symbolizes the heavens as the belly, the earth moving
upon the waters of eternity) scalloped
along the edges with a single string of knobs running from the neck to the
coiled tail with small traces of red pigment and four legs heavily ridged.
The head slightly extended with bulbous eyes and partially opened mouth.
The central disk on the upper part of the dome indicates that it was used as
a base. Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD8). L. 18 in (45.7cm), H.
7.5 in (19 cm).
Oxford T.L. tested.
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| Tripod "Ding". Green
glazed red earthenware vessel with two handles and standing on three legs.
Cover with molded decoration of two crossed fish and band of scrollwork
around resembling clouds. Traces of silver iridescent patina on cover.
Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220). H. 7.87 in (20cm), D. 8.5 in (21.6
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| Unusual
miniature vessel with two handles of thin black pottery. The front
adorned with burnished round loops across the body yielding a "black on
black" effect. The back of the vessel is covered with a layer of
mineral deposit- calcification ( as this side touched the wet ground),
giving the effect of an abstract painting. Western Han Dynasty
(206BC-AD8). H. 5 in (12.7 cm). |
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| Miniature red
pottery jar with two handles. Neolithic, Ch'ichia culture, ca. 3500
BC. H. 5 in (13 cm).
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