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2017 Spring Auctions
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

990
(Tang Dynasty(AD 618-907)) (b. 唐)
A SANCAI-GLAZED MALE EQUESTRIAN FIGURE

40 cm.(15 3/4 in.)high

出版:《徐氏藝術館陶瓷I新石器時代至遼代》,香港,1993年,圖版95
A related foreign rider,dated in accordance with AD706,in the Shaanxi Historical Museum,Xi’an,is illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji,vol. 6,Shanghai,2000,pl. 85. Compare also the bearded Western Asian rider in the Dr. and Mrs. Howard Balensweig Collection included in the exhibition,The Silk Road,Treasures of Tang China,The Empress Palace Museum,Singapore,1991,Catalogue,p.31;and another in the Royal Ontario Museum is illustrated in Homage To Heaven,Homage To Earth,Chinese Treasures of the Royal Ontario Museum,Toronto,1992,pp.146-147,no. 84.
The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescene test,Oxford Authentication Ltd.,sample C97c78

Provenance:
The Tsui Museum of Art,Hong Kong
Christie’s,New York,18 September 1997,The Jingguantang Collection,Part III,Lot 132(1 of 2)
A Private New York Collection

Exhibited:
Empire of the Dragons:Chinese Art Treasures Through 4,000 Years from Hong Kong,Sweden and Denmark,Aarhus Kunstmuseum,Aarhus,Denmark,1995,no. 36

Price estimate:
HKD:120,000-180,000
USD:15,500-23,200

Auction Result:
HKD: 165,200

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