A straw and chestnut glazed pottery figure of a horse


Tang dynastyPosed at rest with its four legs attached to a rectangular plinth and its head with an opened jaw turned slightly to the left, the notch on its neck filled with a replacement trimmed mane and a replacement docked tail attached to a hole at the back, the pale straw colored glaze applied to the horse's coat and chestnut glaze to the saddle blanket beneath the unglazed surface of the cloth-covered saddle.19in (48.3cm) long18in (45.7cm) high