A LARGE CHINESE PAINTED POTTERY HORSE WITH A FEMALE RIDER, WITH TL TEST. The rider modelled separately on saddle seated astride the horse with her features and hair picked out in black and pink paint, with black saddle and saddlecloth, the horse's mane, tail and features in red and black paint, with front left leg forward and head looking to the left. With CityU Professional Services Ltd (University of Hong Kong) Report on Thermoluminescence Authenticity Test, estimated that the material was last fired about 965 years ago and the test is considered consistent with the period, certificate dated 22 November 2005. 53cm long x 57 cm high. Provenance: Property of a Lancashire family.

Overall in good order with no apparent restoration visible under UV light. The testing drill holes are to the rider's back, to the neck and right thigh. Some minor chipping to extremities, original pigment remaining in parts, some typical scratching and flaking to surface and pigments.