Important ancient Imperial China Ming Pair Female Equestrian Horse Riders, 1368-1644
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Important ancient Imperial China Ming tomb Pair Female Equestrian Horse Riders, 1368-1644,
each 14.5 inches in height.
Crafted in stunning turquoise and cobalt blue color glazes.
The ladies and their steeds are part of a small group of fine quality glazed figurines recently available from an old European collection and originally collected in Hong Kong in the 1990s. Look for other listings offering more important works from this fine collection.
The pleasant faced equestrian women is dressed in tunics with long sleeves, their hands in front while seated erect in their horse’ saddle and clutching a decorative glazed textile cloth and a basket. Their horse’ standing four square and well decorated with bridle and ornaments of the period. The whole is beautifully glazed in stunning turquoise and cobalt blue colors – including highlights in original red and black cold painted pigments, a superior feature not often found on these works of art and representative of an important tomb which deserved highest quality pottery votive representations. Their heads are attachable as often seen on the largest figures from this period.
Important large-scale sculptures such as this one were placed in tombs of the elite and wealthy as significant accompaniment in the afterlife.
Female equestrians from the Ming period are genuinely rare, particularly in these blue colored glazes.
Condition: Superb, completely original and intact with finely preserved glazes and pigments.
Only one pair currently available from this collection.
Dimension: each 14.5 inches tall
Provenance: Old European collection originally acquired in Hong Kong 1990s and legally imported into the USA.
Guarantee: Our figure is guaranteed to be crafted during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). A thermoluminescence TL report accurately confirms age of this sculpture from 500 years ago.
History:
The Ming dynasty then known as the Empire of the Great Ming ruled China for 276 years (1368-1644) following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. This dynasty has been described as one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history and was the last imperial dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese.
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