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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Fine Chinese Works of Art & Ceramics (Part II)
• Sale Date:
  12 Dec 2016 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  123
• Lot Description:
  A Rare Pair of Equestrian Figures, Western Han, 2nd-1st Century BCE
  brightly decorated with original mineral pigments, the detachable riders wearing long decorative robes, each horse with apertures where the wooden legs and the ears would have been and beautifully painted with saddle and harness, the pigments are in excellent condition
  23 cm high, 28 cm wide (horses); 26 cm high (figure)
• References:
  see Robert D. Jacobsen, see Celestial Horses and Long Sleeve Dancers, The David W. Dewey Collection of Ancient Chinese Tomb Sculptures, 2013, p. 38 for a very similar example with the same rare choice of coloured pigments.
• Notes:
  TL certificate test no W4372, 8/8,2010, dated to -2070B years B.P.
• Estimate:
  A$10,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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