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Mingqi - Terracotta - A Rare Pair of Painted Grey Pottery Female and Male Polo Players Astride a Galloping Horse, TL test - China - Tang Dynasty (618-907)

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Excellent condition. And intact. Terracotta with remnants of original painting. 33 cm long, height is 40 cm each. Massive iron stand, very secure! The iron stand is a better, nicer and securer alternative to the plastic stand! See photo 49. It is very rare to find any of these polo players with this pigment and details! A fabulous and most impressive pottery 'mingqi' representing a Painted Red Pottery Female and Male Polo Players Astride a Galloping Horse. Grey earthenware coated with white slip and remains of green, blue, orange, black, pink and red pigment. Tang dynasty (618–907) , Chang’an, Shaanxi province, China. With the original colours. Height: 40 cm. Length: 33 cm. - A certificate of authenticity from Becker Antiques (specialist in Chinese pottery since 1969, Amsterdam) will accompany the item. - All items can be bought/sold legally under the cultural patrimony covering The Netherlands and are guaranteed to be as described, or else your money will be refunded. - The result of the thermoluminescence test is consistent with the dating of the item, Tan dynasty (approx. 1,380 years old) . Sampling of 3 different parts - Provenance: property of a noble Dutch gentleman; acquired: 1980s–1990s. Each polo player shown seated astride a galloping horse with outstretched legs, their bodies twisted sideways, with bent arms following the motion of the body, wearing a tunic slit over the thigh showing the pants beneath tucked into high boots. The hair of the female rider pulled up and forward into a looped topknot and a stiff arched frame surrounding the full face, with white slip and black, red, green, blue and orange pigment remaining. The male rider wearing tunic and hat, his horse covered in red slip with the harness outlined in brown and saddle cloth painted white, the rider with a green and red tunic, both riders with finely detailed facial features. It is rare to find female polo players with this style of hairdo, a style usually seen on standing court ladies of the more corpulent type. Though of a rare type, these figures are related to a well-know group of four female polo players in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, referred to in Handbook of the Collection, vol. II, Art of the Orient, Kansas City, 1973, p. 81. See Sotheby’s New York, March, 1997, lot # 189. Important information. The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. It will be professionally packed and safely send in a wooden crate by Fed. Ex. Buyers are responsible for import regulation and restrictions of their own country *Please note: due to the value and fragility of this object, shipping to China/Taiwan will only be possible using an experienced and specialized shipping company (Neumann en Vettin Inc. – art packers and shippers) . Every lot will be shipped with a custom-made case to guarantee safe transportation. Shipping costs are to be determined on the basis of a requested quote at neumannenvettin. com made by the seller. The buyer is responsible for payment of the shipping costs and all related import charges.

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Excellent condition. And intact. Terracotta with remnants of original painting. 33 cm long, height is 40 cm each. Massive iron stand, very secure! The iron stand is a better, nicer and securer alternative to the plastic stand! See photo 49. It is very rare to find any of these polo players with this pigment and details! A fabulous and most impressive pottery 'mingqi' representing a Painted Red Pottery Female and Male Polo Players Astride a Galloping Horse. Grey earthenware coated with white slip and remains of green, blue, orange, black, pink and red pigment. Tang dynasty (618–907) , Chang’an, Shaanxi province, China. With the original colours. Height: 40 cm. Length: 33 cm. - A certificate of authenticity from Becker Antiques (specialist in Chinese pottery since 1969, Amsterdam) will accompany the item. - All items can be bought/sold legally under the cultural patrimony covering The Netherlands and are guaranteed to be as described, or else your money will be refunded. - The result of the thermoluminescence test is consistent with the dating of the item, Tan dynasty (approx. 1,380 years old) . Sampling of 3 different parts - Provenance: property of a noble Dutch gentleman; acquired: 1980s–1990s. Each polo player shown seated astride a galloping horse with outstretched legs, their bodies twisted sideways, with bent arms following the motion of the body, wearing a tunic slit over the thigh showing the pants beneath tucked into high boots. The hair of the female rider pulled up and forward into a looped topknot and a stiff arched frame surrounding the full face, with white slip and black, red, green, blue and orange pigment remaining. The male rider wearing tunic and hat, his horse covered in red slip with the harness outlined in brown and saddle cloth painted white, the rider with a green and red tunic, both riders with finely detailed facial features. It is rare to find female polo players with this style of hairdo, a style usually seen on standing court ladies of the more corpulent type. Though of a rare type, these figures are related to a well-know group of four female polo players in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, referred to in Handbook of the Collection, vol. II, Art of the Orient, Kansas City, 1973, p. 81. See Sotheby’s New York, March, 1997, lot # 189. Important information. The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. It will be professionally packed and safely send in a wooden crate by Fed. Ex. Buyers are responsible for import regulation and restrictions of their own country *Please note: due to the value and fragility of this object, shipping to China/Taiwan will only be possible using an experienced and specialized shipping company (Neumann en Vettin Inc. – art packers and shippers) . Every lot will be shipped with a custom-made case to guarantee safe transportation. Shipping costs are to be determined on the basis of a requested quote at neumannenvettin. com made by the seller. The buyer is responsible for payment of the shipping costs and all related import charges.

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