A Chinese pottery figure of a musician on horseback Tang dynasty The horse standing four square with head turned to the left, the rider with a cymbal in each hand wearing a voluminous robe, pigment throughout,41cm high. Provenance: Galerie 41 Antiquités, Monaco, 29 September 1998. Dating of this figure is consistent with the results of an Oxford Thermoluminescence test, C198q68, 26 June 1998. 唐 彩繪馬上樂俑 來源：Galerie 41 Antiquités, Monaco, 1998年9月29日。（收據） 此拍品年份與牛津熱釋光檢測報告第C198q68號一致。報告日期1998年6月26日。

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