Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
A PAIR OF PAINTED POTTERY HORSES, TANG DYNASTY
Auction Closed
September 23, 08:35 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF PAINTED POTTERY HORSES
TANG DYNASTY
唐 陶加彩馬一對
each horse rearing onto the bent back legs while vigorously raising one front leg, the dynamism heightened by the arched neck, wide eyes, flared nostrils, and exposed teeth behind upcurled lips, the saddle blanket and tassels of the strapwork trappings flying outward in motion, traces of pigment (2)
Height 13¾ in., 34.9 cm
Yamanaka & Company, Osaka, 1936.
Collection of Brigadier General William Cary (1891-1978) and Lois (1896-1988) Crane, and thence by descent.
來源
山中商會，大阪，1936年
William Cary Crane 准將 (1891-1978) 及 Lois Crane (1896-1988) 伉儷收藏，此後家族傳承
Brigadier General Crane was a decorated veteran who, among other distinguished positions, served as the military attaché to the U.S. Ambassador in Japan in the 1930s, and became the Chief of Staff of the Southern Defense Command in 1942.