Chinese Ming Dynasty Polychrome Horse and Rider

East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A beautiful mold-formed pottery equestrian figure with feet secured within the stirrups of an intricate saddle. The rider wears a collared shirt, flowing pants, point-toed shoes, and a fluted cap with a red-painted floral crest. The rider holds both hands out at his sides with his right hand holding either a conical megaphone or perhaps a handheld telescope. His removable head features almond-shaped eyes, a petite nose, puffy cheeks, and full lips. The attractive horse stands with four powerful legs atop an integral rectangular plinth, displays a neatly-combed mane, and wears intricate straps as well as a tasseled ornament around its chest and rear. Both figures are accentuated with thick polychrome pigment in hues of dark-blue, vermilion, wheat, jet-black, and marigold-yellow. Size: 9.2" L x 4.25" W x 12.5" H (23.4 cm x 10.8 cm x 31.8 cm).

Provenance: private S.S. collection, Los Angeles, California, USA, puchased in 2019; ex-private Copenhagen, Denmark collection, formed in the 1960s to 1970s

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Condition Report: Head of rider is removable. Rider and horse repaired from multiple pieces with restoration, resurfacing, and overpainting along break lines. Abrasions and nicks to base, horse legs and body, horse head, and rider body and head, with encrustations within recessed areas, and fading to original pigmentation. Nice earthen deposits throughout.