AN AMBER-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A CAPARISONED HORSE TANG DYNASTY

modeled standing foursquare on a rectangular slab base, with the head turned slightly to the left, ears pricked, the hogged mane with swept back forelocks, the bridle, chest and crupper-straps set with crisply molded palmettes, the tail docked and bound, the body glazed dark brown with the mane, blaze, tail and trappings picked out in pale yellow, the unglazed saddle draped with a cloth gathered in folds on each side with traces of red pigment
Height 19 1/8 in., 48.6 cm

Provenance:
Collection of William H. Green.
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago in 1977 (acc. no. 1977.561).