A magnificent large sancai-glazed figure of a caparisoned Fereghan horse, Tang dynasty | 唐 三彩馬

Property from an English Private Collection
A magnificent large sancai-glazed figure of a caparisoned Fereghan horse
Tang dynasty
唐 三彩馬

superbly modelled, standing four square on a rectangular plinth, the harnessed head turned slightly to the left with ears picked, the long mane parted at the forelock and falling to one side, covered in a straw-coloured glaze, the dark green saddlecloth roughened to simulate fur, the muscular body glazed predominantly in rich chestnut suffused with straw-coloured streaks
Height 68 cm, 26¾ in.

Condition Report:
There is restoration to the upper and lower section of each leg, over-painting to cracks running diagonally down from the top front edge of the saddle to the rear haunches on one side and a horizontal line running across the saddle blanket to the rear haunches on the other side, some over-painting to the front edges of the saddle blanket on both sides, over-painting to both forelocks and to a crack through the right ear, a new section of tail, over-painting and a crack encircling the lower neck, loss to an area of the glaze between the rear legs, and several firing cracks to the saddle and saddle blanket and nibbles to the edges of the saddle blanket.