Size: 28cm high
Provenance: Christie's, New York, 1 December 1988, lot 191
The figurine is wearing a hood and a round-necked, narrow-sleeved robe, with boots and stirrups on both feet. The horse's eyes are rounded, its ears erect, its head turned inwards and slightly to the right, and it has a neck frame with a drum that should have been there, but has been lost. This should be the drum blowing ceremonial figurines.
A green-glazed equestrian musician from Zezhou kiln, Tang dynasty