32. * A CREAM-GLAZED TERRACOTTA HORSE Sui dynasty (581-618) A RARE STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE Sui Dynasty Standing foursquare, with its head lowered and turned towards the chest, the long arched neck with a hogged mane, the back covered with a simple square saddle and blanket, covered overall with a finely crackled cream glaze. 45cm (17 3/4in) high. (2). 隋 白釉陶馬 Provenance: A European private collection The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C123q92 dated 12 December 2023, is consistent with the dating of this lot. 來源： 歐洲私人珍藏 本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測編號C123q92（2023年12月12日），結果與其斷代相符 See a related example illustrated by Robert D. Jacobsen, Celestial Horses and Long Sleeve Dancers: The David W. Dewey Collection of Ancient Chinese Tomb Sculpture, Minneapolis, 2013, pp.152-153; see also John Baker, Appeasing the Spirits: Sui and Tang Dynasty Tomb Sculpture From The Schloss Collection, New York, 1993, nos.22 and 23.