Lot 11
Lot 11
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION
TWO STRAW-GLAZED FIGURES OF EQUESTRIANS

SUI DYNASTY (AD 581-618)

Price Realised USD 18,750
Estimate
USD 6,000 - USD 8,000
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TWO STRAW-GLAZED FIGURES OF EQUESTRIANS

SUI DYNASTY (AD 581-618)

Price Realised USD 18,750
Price Realised USD 18,750
Details
Each rider is shown wearing a cowl and is seated astride a horse standing foursquare on a rectangular plinth, all under a thin pale green glaze.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) across each


Provenance
Frank Caro, nos. FC-313A and FC-313B.
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
Exhibited
First:
New York, Columbia University, February 1965.
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987.

Second:
New York, Columbia University, February 1965.
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Lot Essay

The results of Oxford thermoluminescence test nos. 466c29 and 466c83 are consistent with the dating of this lot.
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