A pair of Chinese pottery figures of equestrians Han dynasty (206 BC- AD 220) Ea...

A pair of Chinese pottery figures of equestrians Han dynasty (206 BC- AD 220) Each modelled as warriors seated on the back of a horse, painted in red and blackish brown pigments. H. 38 & 41 cm Provenance: Collection Teo & Betty Bax, Utrecht, the Netherlands, acquired in the 1990's Note: The results of the thermoluminscence tests taken by Research Laboratory for Archeology and the History of Art Oxford University, number 766u8 and 766u11, correspond to the dating of this lot. X-ray photographs are available. (2x)