Pair Ancient Chinese Ming Military Horse warriors Male & Female, 1368-1644

Crafted in stunning turquoise and cobalt blue color glazes.

The warrior pair male and female 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 military equestrians are dressed in tunics with long sleeves, their hands in front while seated erect in their horse’ saddle and the male clutching a pair of swords. 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 scarce, 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.

Schneible Fine Arts have been dealing in authentic ancient Chinese and Japanese antiquities, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Mr. Schneible personally travels to Europe, China and Japan each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique work of art to ensure its old age, authenticity and quality condition.

Lifetime guarantee of authenticity: All of our Asian works of art come with our lifetime authenticity guarantee.