A RARE SANCAI POTTERY STATUE OF A MOUNTED MUS... Lot n° 130

A RARE SANCAI POTTERY STATUE OF A MOUNTED MUSICIAN China, Tang Dynasty Pottery. H. 40.5 cm. The rider wears a cinnabar-colored cowl and a long sleeved, dark chestnut robe with a deep green lining, as well as metallic brown glazed high boots. The face is painted with details. The horse has a mottled chestnut glazed body, the mane, blaze, fetlocks and combed and knotted tail are glazed in ivory, the hooves and base are mainly underglazed. The strap harness and halter are painted in black and the brown glazed saddle is over a splashed ochre, spinach and ivory saddle cloth. Minute restoration to the tail, ears and raised right hand of the rider. For comparison, see the Statuette of a mounted musician, No. MA 3991, Guimet Museum Paris, also the tomb figure of a woman on horseback, No. F1952.13, The Freer Gallery of Art. Another similar equestrian group was included in the exhibition of Arts of the Sui and Tang, Zui To No Bijitsu, No. 167. p.24, Osaka Municipal Museum of Fine Art; and a particularly fine horse and rider of this type appeared in the exhibition catalogue for 'Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art', Eskenazi, London, 1972, p.39, col. pl.17. Expertise: With result of thermoluminescence test Oxford University Laboratory (Dec. 17, 1984). Provenance: From an important private collection in Brussels, the collector purchased it from Spink & Son Ltd. in the 1980s. 唐 三彩胡服骑马奏乐俑 中国，唐朝 陶器。人俑头戴朱砂色头巾，身穿长袖深绿色衬里栗色长袍，搭配棕色高筒靴，脸部描绘五官。马具为斑驳栗色釉面，鬃毛、马蹄及马尾为象牙色，背带和牵引绳为釉表面笔涂黑色，马鞍为赭色、绿色和象牙色三色相间。保存完好，品相极佳，马尾、耳朵及人俑右手略有修复。高40.5 cm。 可参见法国吉美博物馆第MA3991号藏品及美国弗里尔美术馆第F1952.13号藏品。另大阪市立美术馆"Arts of the Sui and Tang, Zui To No Bijitsu"展览图录第24页167号藏品与之类似，英国伦敦著名古董商埃斯肯纳茨于1972年出版的图录"Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art"中第39页彩图17与之类似。 来自布鲁塞尔重要私人收藏，原藏家于上世纪80年代购于伦敦Spink&Son Ltd., 附牛津大学热释光测年记录（1984年12月17日）。