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Thu, Aug 18, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 180

Pair of Chinese Pottery Equestrian Figurines

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Western Han dynasty, 2nd - 1st century BC, comprising: two unglazed statues, painted in white, red, and black pigment, one with red clothed female rider, one with white clothed female rider, 15-5/8 x 11-1/4 in.

Note: With description card from Tillou, priced at $15,000.

Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou

Condition

loss to pigment, cracking around legs, scattered losses to surface, hole on bottom of white rider's horse, torso of each rider detached, red rider with loss of arm