Tang Dynasty Painted Terracotta Horse
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A large Chinese painted terracotta model of a horse, Tang Dynasty (618-907), standing with head cast down to one side and with open mouth, the saddle and eyes decorated with red and green mineral pigments, height 50 cm, length 49 cm. Provenance: Charlotte Horstmans Ltd, Hong Kong, c.1987. Private Collection, Sydney
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- Terracotta - Terracotta is lightly fired earthenware, red or reddish-brown in colour, used in ancient times. Fired at higher temperatures terracotta was used in the nineteenth century for decorative vases and similar objects, but rarely for utilitarian goods. Other uses for terracotta include roofing tiles, garden pots and ornaments. Glazed terracotta is known as faience.
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