• Dimension: Height: 15 in (38.1 cm) Length: 17 in (43.2 cm) Width: 7 1/2 in (19.1 cm)
• Estimate From: $3500
• Estimate To: $6500

Well-modeled, standing foursquare on a flat base, the head slightly lowered and turned leftward with crisply modeled features including bulging eyes, open mouth, flared nostrils, strapped in a bridle with green, blue and amber floret trappings on the forehead, nose and flanking the jaw continuing around the neck and resting on the rump, finished with a pleated blue painted saddle resting on a mottled green, blue and amber glaze saddle blanket on the back. Tang Dynasty period.

Provenance: Property from a private collection, San Francisco
唐三彩陶器中，馬是最常見的題材。馬在唐朝之所以受到重視，與李唐王朝本身具有的遊牧民族血統有極大關係。李世民將騎馬狩獵為大丈夫三大樂事之一，讓閻立本畫出昭陵六駿樣本，命工匠雕刻成石質浮雕，永遠伴其左右。唐玄宗李隆基馴養舞馬在自己生日的千秋節上應節踢踏，翩翩起舞。詩人李白有佳句「五花馬，千金裘，呼兒將出換美酒，與爾同消萬古愁」之佳句。於唐代墓葬中出土三彩馬眾多，亦反映出唐人對馬的喜愛。此拍品：三彩加藍陶馬，昂威壯健，四蹄輕捷，悠然聳立，胸前和腹上,都有華麗的金鈴和精緻的垂飾，刻畫細膩，逼真自然，甚為難得。 來源：三藩市私人藏家收藏