Description: Tang Dynasty (618-907), Very good condition. Original polychrome! High 61 cm., wide 60 cm. - The result of thermoluminescence test # 04R130618 is consistent with the dating of this object, Tang Dynasty. Show standing foursquare, the head well modelled with open mouth, flared nostrils and expressive eyes below the pricked ears. The gracefully arched neck grooved and carved on one side to suggest the combed mane, covered with a yellow pigment and with traces of black, red and pink pigments. A similar grey pottery horse of a similar size (81 cm high) is illustrated in the catalogue of Chistie's New York , lot # 249, March 2005.