Pair of Chinese Horses with Riders
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Description
18th/19th century, sancai glazed horse and riders, wearing yellow coats with blue buttons and traditional hats with long hair braids, horses with saddles and pads, 5-1/8 in.
Notes: The Pierreponts were the most important family in Brooklyn Heights in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The family mansion, built by Henry Pierrepont and located at One Pierrepont Place in Brooklyn Heights, became the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Low Pierrepont. Mrs. Pierrepont purchased much of her Asian ceramic collection from Gump’s in San Francisco and from C.T. Loo in New York City. The items listed here descended in the family.
Condition
firing anomalies as made, one horse made without tail or ears, restoration to one rider and horse head, chip to one ear
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