Chinese Straw Glazed Pottery Caparisoned Horse Sui Dynasty, Probably Henan, Early 7th Century Standing four-square on a rectangular base, covered in an overall straw glaze bleeding to a very pale light green in places, with touches of black and red pigment to various areas of the strapping and fittings, wearing a saddle with long pleated saddle cloth and with tassels and fleur-de-lys like ornaments, and centered above the hind-quarters with a further cloth throw with a large relief lotus design at the middle, the neck and head with further finely detailed fleur-de-lys and medallion ornaments. Height 11 3/8 inches. For a similar example: Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berrlin, see William Watson, Tang and Liao Ceramics, Fribourg, Switzerland, 1984, p. 196, fig 216 C