A LARGE PAINTED GRAY POTTERY EQUESTRIAN GROUP, CHINA, EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 2ND CENTURY BCThe rider well modeled separately, wearing an implied tunic and neatly incised hair, his expressive face painted in fine detail with various pigments, upright positioned to rein in his spirited horse, its neck arched and ears laid back, the powerful body left unadorned to focalize the observer's view exclusively towards the beauty of the majestic animal itself. (2) Provenance: A Swiss private estate. Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 16 March 2000. Dr. Mons Fischer, acquired from the above for ATS 120,000 [Austrian Schilling]. A copy of the payment receipt from 16 March 2000 will be given to the winning bidder of this lot. A seasoned private collector of modern and contemporary art, Dr. Mons Fischer has also acquired fine Chinese works of art since the 1980s, eventually building one of the most important collections of its kind in Austria.Condition: Some repair as generally expected from Han dynasty excavations. Losses, fissures, wear, weathering, some dents, and encrustations. Drilled holes from sample-taking. Overall, good condition and fully commensurate with the age of this ensemble.Scientific Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on February 11th, 2020, based on sample number C120a61, sets the firing date of three samples taken at 1500 – 2400 years ago. A copy of the report, issued by Oxford Authentication, is accompanying this lot.Weight: 15.2 kg (the horse) and 2.8 kg (the rider) Dimensions: Height 76.5 cm (the complete set)Literature comparison: The unusually large model of this type of equestrian figure is related to three others of slightly smaller size unearthed in 1965 from a tomb at Yangjiawan, Xianyang City, now in the Shaanxi Historical Museum, and included in the exhibition, Treasure of Chang, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 15 October 1993 - 2 January 1994, number 2, page 52. The tomb is an attendant tomb of Changling, the tomb of Emperor Gaozu and consisted of eleven pits. The equestrian figures here were grouped together in square formations. See, also, the similarly modeled large figure painted with related decoration on both horse and rider, where the horse's head is raised, illustrated in Zhongguo taoci daxi, Gudai taoci daquan (Chinese Ceramics Series, The Ancient Ceramics), Taipei, 1989, page 247. Another model with raised cantle and saddle bow on which a figure related to the present lot sits, Zhongguo gudai bingqi tuji (Ancient Chinese Weapons - A Collection of Pictures), Beijing, 1990, page 154, figures 6-96 and 6-97.Auction result comparison: Compare with a related but smaller equestrian group at Christies New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art on 21st March 2000, lot 253, sold for USD 34,500. 西漢早期大型彩繪陶人陶馬,公元前2世紀騎手與馬獨立製作,穿著束腰外衣,頭髮整齊。他的臉上用各種顔料描繪,身姿筆挺,形象生動。馬生氣勃勃,脖子呈弧形,耳朵向後傾,身體强壯,讓人感受到動物雄壯的美。 來源:瑞士私人財產。維也納 Zacke藝廊, 2000年3月16日。 Mons Fischer博士購於上述藝廊,120.000,-奧地利先令。隨附發票副本。Mons Fischer博士是一位經驗豐富的現代和當代藝術私人收藏家,從1980年代開始收藏中國藝術品,最終成爲奧地利中國藝術品重要收藏之一。 圖片:Dr. Mons Fischer 和他的妻子 品相:如漢代出土物品預期的一些修補。 缺損失、裂縫、磨損、風化、一些凹痕和結垢。 因檢測所需樣品採集鑽孔。 總體而言,狀況良好,與其年代相符。 科學檢測報告: 隨附一份2020年2月11日出具的牛津熱釋光檢測報告副本, 采樣編號C120a61。檢測結果表明拍品為1500-2400年前所制。 重量:馬15.2 公斤;騎士 2.8 公斤 尺寸:縂高76.5 厘米 拍賣結果比較:一件相近但更小的陶人陶馬見紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art 拍場2000年3月21日 lot 253, 售價USD 34,500.