A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE, TANG DYNASTY China, 618-907. The spirited horse is shown standing with its left foreleg raised, the mouth open and the ears pricked, the saddle is covered with a cloth gathered on the sides atop the mud guard, and the chest strap and crupper are hung with tassels. Provenance: Austrian private collection. Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 22 January 2004. Dr. Mons Fischer, acquired from the above for EUR 17,000. A copy of the original invoice from Galerie Zacke, Vienna, dated to 22 January 2004, accompanies this lot. A seasoned private collector of modern and contemporary art, Dr. Mons Fischer has also acquired fine Chinese works of art since the 1980s, eventually building one of the most important collections of its kind in Austria. Condition: Some repair and touchups as generally expected from Tang dynasty excavations. Losses, fissures, and encrustations. Extensive wear to pigments. Drilled holes from sample-taking. Overall, very good condition. Scientific analysis report: A thermoluminescence report issued by Oxford Authentication on 6 February 2020, based on sample no. C120a55, sets the firing date of all three samples taken at 1000 – 1600 years ago. A copy of the report, issued by Oxford Authentication, accompanies this lot. Weight: 9.3 kg Dimensions: Height 54 cm, Length 58 cm Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related but smaller (37.5 cm high, 40.7 cm long) painted pottery horse at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 22 March 2013, lot 1161, sold for USD 40,000, and another (44.3 cm high) at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 19 September 2014, lot 719, sold for USD 40,000. 唐代大型彩繪奔馬陶俑 中國, 618-907年。英姿颯爽的駿馬，左前肢抬起，嘴巴張開，耳朵穿孔，馬鞍上覆蓋著馬袱，佩戴著攀胸和杏葉。 來源：奧地利私人收藏。維也納 Zacke藝廊, 2004年1月22日。 Mons Fischer博士購於上述藝廊。隨附發票副本。Mons Fischer博士是一位經驗豐富的現代和當代藝術私人收藏家，從1980年代開始收藏中國藝術品，最終成爲奧地利中國藝術品重要收藏之一。 圖片：Dr. Mons Fischer 和他的妻子 品相：唐朝出土物品預期的一些維修。缺損，裂縫和結殼。顏料大量磨損。因爲樣品採集鑽孔。 總體而言，狀況良好。 科學檢測報告：隨附一份2020年2月6日出具的牛津熱釋光檢測報告副本， 采樣編號C120a55。檢測結果表明拍品為1000-1600年前所制。 重量：9.3 公斤 尺寸：高54 厘米, 高 58 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件相近但稍小 (高37.5 厘米 ，長 40.7 厘米) 的彩繪陶馬見紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 拍場2013年3月22日lot 1161, 售價USD 40,000, ；另一件 (高44.3 厘米) 見紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 拍場2014年9月19日 lot 719, 售價USD 40,000.