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Lot 1339

A signed limited edition print of a polo match "Cowdray Park, Midhurst Cup 19-7-81. Ed. 171/350.Signed by John King (1929-2014). Mounted & framed in a gilt coloured frame.Approx. 60 x 75cm.

Lot 2193

19th Century mid Eastern Polo scene picture in wooden mosaic frame A/F

Lot 1144

An 8" Ralph Lauren Polo Bear tea plate by Wedgwood. Together with a The Steiff Club The Teddy Bear plate by Goebel.

Lot 1217

A Norwich City FC 2009 yellow polo shirt signed by 15 squad members. Embroidered canary crest and NCFC logo to sleeve. Signatures include: Wes Hoolahan, Alan Lee, Darrell Russell, Adam Druary, Jason Shakell and Matty Pattison. Size Large.

Lot 589

Chinese late 19thC oblong and circular mother of pearl gaming counters, together with a mother of pearl Indian circular plaque, decorated with polo players, 5.5cm Dia. (qty)

Lot 627

Pinewood & Industrial Light & Magic, Pinewood Shepperton named zipped fleece (XL) and top (L) plus a Beanie with logo plus Industrial Light & Magic named denim shirt, fleece, T shirt x2, polo shirt all XL , mug, four watches with presentation cases and cap together with some Starbucks mugs from around the World, an Olympus digital camera SP-510UX, Vivere II Cinema book, two bags and film reel various conditions

Lot 436

An early 20th century Moghul School miniature of an Indian Palace with pool and formal garden, 9 x 21cm, together with another of a polo match, 7 x 10cm

Lot 126

2 Aquascutum gentlemens raincoats & Ralp Lauren polo short jacket XL

Lot 447

Large quantity of pictures & prints including a set of Vanity Fair; polo prints & a selection of old maps & local views

Lot 435

3 loose artworks: A Spanish monochrome print of a polo player, 1974, 14/100 58 x 48cm, a hand-drawn cat cartoon by Simon Bond entitled 'Dinner in Sight!' 21 x 15cm and a mounted pencil sketch in the style of Graham Sutherland's 'Thistle' studies, initialled 'G.S' to reverse 15 x 12cm

Lot 1145

10 Tomte-Lardal and similar moulded plastic vehicles. Of basic construction, manufactured in W.Germany, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Vehicles include VW Beetle Police, VW Polo, Mercedes-Benz Coupe, Volvo saloon, Renault R16, and Chevrolet Sting Ray. Various colours. VGC. £50-70

Lot 2159

A Ruth Nicholas limited edition Print 'Polo Players', no. 9/250.

Lot 985

ROMANIA RUGBY A match worn yellow shirt with number 10 on the reverse and a blue with purple diagonal strip polo shirt issued by Tall Ball and the Rugby Romania badge and sponsor GEC Bank. Obtained by a Wales RFU coach possibly after the match in 1988. Good

Lot 864

A WOOD AND BONE CIGARETTE BOX WITH POLO DESIGN

Lot 123

FOUR DANE VALLEY GREY BOMBER JACKETS AND A POLO SHIRT

Lot 1062

Rare and unusual F.H Ayres Elliptical Patent putter with small raised aiming bar, - fitted with an inlaid etched ball pattern face insert and to the rear an added circular polo mint rear weight covering the Model name and Reg No.

Lot 32

Equestrian - 2 x Polo Mallets with original vellum sheath around bamboo handle marked with 'F Ahmed India Meerut Polo Specialist', vellum sheath also around heads, both with grips and (G) overall 125-130cm #

Lot 491

A shelf of folio books, including Kenneth Clark, Marco Polo, and Legends of the Grail

Lot 579

Boxed Rosenthal Versace Medusa wall plaque, 12", and another Le Voyage de Marco Polo

Lot 431

A collection of sports photographs,the main themes horse racing, tennis, cricket, swimming & Olympic, plus a selection of other sports including judo, athletics, badminton, table tennis, cycling, polo, croquet, ski jumping, bobsleigh, roller skating & field hockey, subjects including Steve Donoghue, Gordon Richards, Aga Khan, Prince Monolulu, Fred Perry, Ken Rosewall, Frank Sedgman, Lew Hoad, Doris Hart, Mo Connolly, Jack Hobbs, Duke of Edinburgh in the nets, Compton brothers, unusual pull-out panorama of Old Trafford cricket ground, Jesse Owens, Paavo Nurmi, Johnny Weissmuller and many others

Lot 656

Johnny Weissmuller autographed photographic display, comprising an ink signature mounted with a 8 x 6 in. movie studio photograph of Weissmuller in his famous role as Tarzan, under glass in clip frame, 40 x 30 cm.Johnny (Janos) Weissmuller (Austro-Hungarian/American, 1904 - 1984) an American competition swimmer and actor. Weissmuller was one of the world's fastest swimmers in the 1920's, having won five Olympic gold medals for swimming representing the US in the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics in the 100 metres and 400 metres freestyle competitions and as a member of the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay winning team, also winning a bronze medal with the water polo team. In the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam he won two further gold medals in the 100 meter freestyle and as part of the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay team. Weissmuller having signed with Bradley, Voorhees & Day (BVD) in 1929, travelling America doing swim shows, promoting the BVD brand of swimwear through modelling, signing autographs and doing radio shows. He made his first motion picture appearance in Glorifying the American Girl as Adonis, then in several Crystal Champions movies with other Olympic champions from the period. His acting career took off when he signed a seven year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and played the role of Tarzan in Tarzan the Ape Man in 1932 movie by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. He starred in six Tarzan movies for MGM with actress Maureen O'Sullivan. In 1942 he moved to Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) and starred in six further Tarzan movies with Johnny Sheffield. Starring in a total of twelve Tarzan movies he established himself as what many movie historians consider the definitive Tarzan.

Lot 686

The collection of Pat Besford (1919-1988), Olympic and Swimming Journalist, comprising a very fine collection of Olympic medals, badges and memorabilia,comprising:London 1948 Olympic Games: two participation medals and badge, one stamped to the ribbon swimming, an Olympic blazer badge, pin badge and her official travel pass; Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games: a pair of badges, ribbon stamped Jury and the other F.I.N.A. Tuomarl, a Great Britain Team cloth blazer badge applied with a pin and a Nederlands Team cloth team badge;Rome 1960 Olympic Games: a badge with enamel bar inscribed Stampa, a Great Britain Team enamel badge;Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games: two Press badges with ribbons, three stick pins, and BBC broadcasters blazer badge, a blazer button; Mexico 1968 Olympic Games: a Press badge, BBC Radio broadcasters blazer badge, three commemorative medallions, a souvenir pennant featuring a gymnast; Munich 1972 Olympic Games: three Great Britain Team badges, one applied with a brass mounted wooden shield and inscribed with a thank you message from Team GB, a German beer stein; Montreal 1976 Olympic Games: two Great Britain Team badges, a Team USA cloth press badge, a cased set of three commemorative postage stamps and medal replica plaques; Moscow 1980 Olympic Games: Soviet porcelain teapot;Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games: Great Britain Team badge;Seoul 1988 Olympic Games: KBS broadcasting badge;IOC Sessions Press badges for Barcelona 1976, Athens 1978;the lot also including England Team badges for the Edinburgh 1970 Commonwealth Games and a undated Great Britain Olympic badge, (qty)Pat Besford (1919 - 1988), freelance swimming correspondent of the Daily Telegraph (for many years), the Daily Mail (who described her as "Britain's best-known and most outspoken swimming reporter") and others, was one of the most respected sports journalists of the post-war era. She covered ten Olympic Games from London 1948, and all World and European Championships, Commonwealth Games and British National Championships for the next forty years, reporting on swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, water polo and, latterly, archery. A formidable administrator, for many years she single-handedly organised the accreditation, communication facilities and other arrangements for all the British sports journalists and photographers attending the Olympics Games. She was President of the swimming commission of the International Sports Writers' Association, first female Chairman of the Sports Writers' Association of Great Britain, and author of Swim Better (1957), The Fina Book of Belgrade (1973), The Encyclopaedia of Swimming (1976) and Wilkie (with Tommy Long, 1976).Since 1979 The Pat Besford Award for Outstanding Sporting Achievement has been awarded in her honour by the Sports Journalists Association; its past winners include Lester Piggott, Mike Brearley, Kenny Dalglish, Steve Redgrave, Chris Boardman, Gary Lineker, Matthew Pinsent, Bobby Robson, Bradley Wiggins and Christine Ohuruogu.

Lot 784

Racewear worn by James Weaver for Gulf Racing, Jaguar, Nissan and other teams,including his 1996 Marlboro World Championship Team overalls worn in the Global GT Series, a red Stand 21 design in Nomex with his name and bloodgroup on the waistband, full tobacco branding, BPR Endurance GT and FIA compliance patches, a Gulf Racing blue and white short-sleeve official team shirt by Goodsports with a large embroidered Gulf McLaren F1 GTR motif on the back, team logos on the left breast and sleeves, also GTC Motorsport and Michelin; his green Castrol Racing jacket worn with the 1995 Jaguar team at Le Mans, team logo on the right breast and across the back; a plain grey Nomex racesuit by Sparco, the FIA neck compliance label dated 98 and as worn when discreetly testing the prototype Bentley Le Mans car, also a Team Bentley green polo shirt and unused Bentley Collection shirt; a plain red Nomex racesuit by Sparco with Goodyear and Road & Racing logos and FIA compliance patch, as used in a Bob Salisbury Racing Renault 5 to coach its new driver Rowan Atkinson; a 1986 blue and black Nissan Racing jacket with team logo across the back, the chest with Castrol, Dunlop and Janspeed patches, also two Nissan Racing Team Le Mans t-shirts; a black Exocet Racing jacket with team logo across the back, the front with Rob Austin Racing and Pole Position; a navy and turquoise BMW Finance Racing with Mobil 1 team jacket; a Dow Corning Silicones white silk jacket; plus a James Weaver Silverstone '92 membership card (qty.)One of the highlights of James Weaver's long and varied career in motorsport was winning the 1996 BPR Global GT Championship sharing a Gulf Racing McLaren F1 GTR with Ray Bellm. Together they won the Paul Ricard, Jarama, Suzuka and Nogaro rounds, before finishing 3rd in the final 4-hour race at Zuhai, where their Gulf Racing GTC team was rebranded as Marlboro McLaren Team GTC.

Lot 785

James Weaver's 1998 Le Mans 24-hours Porsche Mobil 1 racesuit and clothing,the white Nomex design by Sparco, his name and Union flag on the waist band, large Mobil 1 logos on both thighs and Porsche Mobil 1 across the back, FIA compliance patch on the neck, also Sandtler logos on each shoulder; together with two Mobil 1 short-sleeve Porsche Motorsport team shirts, a Porsche polo shirt and woollen pullover, all by Carlo Colucci, a Sandtler race holdall containing Diodora and Stand 21 pairs of well-used driving boots, plus a pair of used Sparco Nomex driving gloves, all held in a large Porsche Motorsport holdall bag (13)Although he won the U.S. Road Racing Championship that year, his Le Mans outing in a Porsche LMP1-98 3.2-litre turbo, shared with Pierre-Henri Raphanel and Dave Murry, was less successful, the car being retired after 218 laps.

Lot 787

James Weaver's 1999 Le Mans 24-hours Audi Sport UK racesuit and clothing,the black and white Nomex suit design by Stand 21 Racewear bearing his name and Union flag on the waist band, a large Infinitneon Technologies logo, on the chest and across the back, also BRDC, Shell, Michelin, Shoei, V-12 Telecom, Olympus, TLC and Sea France logo patches, FIA compliance patch on the neck; also an Audi UK Sport grey sweatshirt with Audi R8C patch on the right shoulder and racecar impression across the back, a similar t-shirt with racecar impression front and back, two Audi Sport UK polo shirts with R8C shoulder patch, a black 'Audi 24h Le Mans 99' t-shirt bearing an artist's racecar impression, a white 'Audi 24h du Mans' cap and a large colour photo of the team; sold with a red Audi Sport UK team jacket with four-ring motif across the back, Audi A4 BTCC, Fujitsu and Michelin logos on the sleeves, plus an Audi Sport polo shirt and '50 Years of Audi' polo shirt, both unused, all held in a large Quadra holdall bag (12)Although he finished second in that year's Sebring 12-hours race and went on to win the Grand American Rolex Sports Prototype Series that year, at Le Mans his AUDI R8C 3.6-litre turbo V8 shared with Perry McCarthy and Andy Wallace in the LMPGTP class (car no10) retired after 198 laps.

Lot 941

A group of eight items of Maurice Setters' Republic of Ireland issue clothing,two short-sleeved cotton shirts for Italia '90, polo shirt for US Cup '92, sleeveless knitwear sweater for Euro 88, polo shirt for UEFA Youth Championship 1988-90, a signed FAI polo shirt; FAI training ground top, and a Guinness sponsored polo shirt inscribed SETTER PURE GENIUS

Lot 247

The National Pony Society, a silver medal by Mappin & Webb, hallmarked Birmingham, 1930, depicting a group of four horses and ponies standing by trees, the reverse with a polo player on horseback, inscribed "Mr William Jackman's Butter Scotch (Y.S.Rp.90) Hertfordshire, 1¾in (4.5cm) diameter, with original red leather case. Provenance: from The Pamela Schneider Collection; Mrs. Schneider was a well known jewellery dealer in the Bath Antiques Market from 1960s to 1990s, this is from her personal collection.

Lot 560

One box of mixed playworn diecast to include Corgi Renault 11 GTL, Corgi Mk1 Polo etc

Lot 646

1970s-80s Corgi Toys, including 25 Matra Rancho with Motorcycles, 435 Superman Van, 321 Porsche 924, 334 Ford Escort, 338 Rover 3500, 289 VW Polo, 329 Opel Senator, 291 AMC Pacer X and others, in original boxes, G-E, boxes F-VG (15)

Lot 319

A box of 20 children's polo shirts

Lot 5320

Coins - Westminster, The Smallest Gold Coins of the World, a set of thirteen miniature gold proof like coins, mostly 24ct, including 1/25oz Peter Rabbit, 1 gramme Marco polo, 1/25oz Persian, 1/20oz Unicorn, etc, each encapsulated, twelve certificates, cased Condition Report: There is a 1991 kangaroo. 14mm diameter.

Lot 205

A Collection of Palissy Regatta to Include Four Dinner Plates, Four Side Plates and Lidded Tureen Together with a Polo Fish Service

Lot 348

Tang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A pair of ceramic polo player figurines on custom-made stands comprising: one in active pose with horse's legs extended, mouth open, painted bridle and harness detailing, rider with blue ankle-length tunic, body angled forward, hands clenched to hold reins and mallet, moulded saddle and stirrups; one similar with green tunic, tan horse with white cannons. 9.3 kg total including stand, 46cm each (18"). From the property of a London gentleman; formerly in a UK collection, acquired in the 1990s; accompanied by original thermoluminescence test certificate no.C119c97 issued by Oxford Authentication Ltd. for one of the figures. [2]Finely modelled.

Lot 20

SELECTION OF LADIES AND GENTS WRISTWATCHES including Accurist, Lorus, Sekonda, Casio, Anne Klein, Klaus Kobec, Geonaute, Beverley Hills Polo Club, Limit, etc. (25)

Lot 46

A painting on ivorine of a Mughal polo player 12 x 17 cm

Lot 1279

A SET OF FIVE 19TH CENTURY PERSIAN QAJAR POLO PAINTINGS on ivory in a single frame, each 6cm x 10cm.

Lot 1368

A PERSIAN FRAMED MOSAIC CLOCK with four vignettes; playing polo, 45cm x 38cm.

Lot 1025

A PERSIAN LACQUER CIRCULAR BOWL decorated with a polo scene, 33cm diameter.

Lot 883

A Japanese ink and watercolour, tiger amongst bamboo, with character marks and two seal marks, 22 x 9cm, and a print of a Chinese watercolour depicting men playing polo, 16 x 72cm, both framed and glazed (2).

Lot 36

Boxes & Objects - a 19th century elm and oak work box; a Wad Medani Polo Club glass bottomed pewter tankard dated 1924-25; a pair of early 20th century brass chamber stick, with snuffers; etc

Lot 1279

A set of 9 pencil caricature drawings of polo players, signed with monograms, 7" x 8.5", framed (9)

Lot 525

Sherre Valentine Daines - 'Polo at Smiths Lawn'Oil on board, inset into a white painted frame, 14.5x25.5cm

Lot 972

CLASSICAL - CDs. Harmonious collection of around 500 x high quality Classical CDs (including some box sets that are counted as '1'). With condition excellent throughout (some are sealed), this collection will feature works/composers/performers such as Stokowski, Thomas Campion, The Palladium Ensemble, Sandro Botticelli, Bruch, Timothy Salter, Kevin Bowyer, Handel, Prokofiev, Matilde di Shabran, Puccini, Dag Wiren, Bach Ensemble Helmuth Rilling, Francesco Tamagno, Zemlinsky, Kurt Weill, John Bull, Arnold Schoenberg, Lumbye, J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Arensky, Lucia Negro, Vivaldi. Labels will include EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, Naxos, ASV Digital, NM Special, Astree Auvidis, Marco Polo, ORF, Symposium.

Lot 973

CLASSICAL - CDs. Coordinated collection of around 500 x high quality Classical CDs (including some box sets that are counted as '1'). With condition excellent throughout (some are sealed), this collection will feature works/composers/performers such as Wagner, Guillaume Tell, Antonin Dvorak, Schubert, F. de Fossa, Mozwilliam art, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Julian Bream, Peggy Ashcroft, Paganini, Marcus Creed, Roberto Aussel, Fierens, Lauro, Sor, Mertz, Ana Vidovic, Elena Papandreou, Herbert Von Karajan, Schopfung, Anton Chekhov, Maschner, Glinka, Boismortier, Carpentier, Antonin Rejcha. Labels will include EMI, Marco Polo, Olympia, Naxos, Supraphon, Collins Digital, Erato, Globe, ASV Digital, Harmonia Mundi.

Lot 975

CLASSICAL - CDs. Consummate collection of around 500 x high quality Classical CDs (including some box sets that are counted as '1'). With condition excellent throughout (some are sealed), this collection will feature works/composers/performers such as Glinka, Delius, Dvorak, Brahms, Peter Eben, Lennox Berkeley, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Bruckner, Bach, Gossec, Loewe, Jacob Heringman, Wiss, Da Milano, Cartellieri, Jane Austen, Jane Baker, Thomas Campion, Tchaikovsky, Schnittke, Schmidt, Smetana, Soer, Stanford, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, John Tavener, B. Stevens, Purcell, Arnold Schoenberg. Labels will include EMI, Marco Polo, Astree, Chandos, Naxos, Gimell, Erato, Olympia, Marco Polo, Melodiya, ASV Digital.

Lot 976

CLASSICAL - CDs. Euphonious collection of around 500 x high quality Classical CDs (including some box sets that are counted as '1'). With condition excellent throughout (some are sealed), this collection will feature works/composers/performers such as Erkel, Brahms, Dohnanyi, Dyson, Simandy, Charpentier, Couperin, Giacomo Carissimi, Casella, Delius, Corelli, Reflexe, Chopin, Edvard Grieg, Maurice Greene, Arvo Part, Monteverdi, Salieri, Friedrich Kuhlau, Lachner, Paganini, Mendelssohn, Lekeu, Lachner, James MacMillan, Erik Norby, Bliss, Die Jahreszeiten, Buxtehude, Berlioz, Boismortier, Orlando Di Lasso. Labels will conclude Marco Polo, Erato, ASV Digital, Dacapo, Harmonia Mundi, Finlandia Records, Wergo.

Lot 979

CLASSICAL - CDs. Mellifluous collection of around 500 x high quality Classical CDs (including some box sets that are counted as '1'). With condition excellent throughout (some are sealed), this collection will feature works/composers/performers such as Gigli, Verdi, Placido Domingo, Ponselle, SUK Piano Trio, Max Broad, Chetham, Alvarez Kasarova, J. J. Rosler, Vranicky, Shostakovich, Bolcom, Stokowski, Brahms, Schumann, Markevitch, Wagner, A. J. Potter, Peter Maxwell Davies, Joseph Phibbs, Lauritz Melchior, McCabe, 400 years of dutch music (series), Arnette Dasch, Eduard Tubin, Rubinstein, Stamitz, Amy Beach, Frank Bridge. Labels will include Marco Polo, Chandos, EMI, Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, ORF, Decca, Melodya.

Lot 980

CLASSICAL - CDs. Euphonic collection of around 500 x high quality Classical CDs (including some box sets that are counted as '1'). With condition excellent throughout (some are sealed), this collection will feature works/composers/performers such as Bartok, Cannabich, Stamitz, Wechmann, Mompou, Claudio Arrau, The Mravinsky Legacy (Olympia serie), Boyce, Bax, Bacewicz, Mozart, Malcolm Arnold, E. J.Moeran, Otto Klemperer, Paul Lewis, Dominant Quartet, Joseph Weingarten, Feld, Dvorak, Dussek, Bach, Frescobaldi, Beethoven, Christophe Rousset, Bruckner, Stowski, Hasse, Prokofiev, Poulen, Bennett, Bellini, George Benjamin. Labels will include EMI, Naxos, Marco Polo, Erato, Vanguard Classics, DUO, Chandos.

Lot 983

CLASSICAL - CDs. Polished collection of around 500 x high quality Classical CDs (including some box sets that are counted as '1'). With condition excellent throughout (some are sealed), this collection will feature works/composers/performers such as Burgon, Dufay, Moniuszko, Bartok, Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Bach, Prokofiev, Jonathan Dove, Pergolesi, Robert Holl, Amy Beach, Casella, Janacek, Puyana, Toscanini, Georges Onslow, Paul & Huw Watkins, Bizet, Wagner, Taro Takeuchi, Brahms, Edwin Roxburgh, Fazil Say, Golijov, Busman, Krauz, Philip Spratley, Pfitzner, Rafael Kubelik, Handel, Rubinstein, Andre Cluytens, Stravinsky. Labels will include EMI, Naxos, Teldec, Marco Polo, Erato, Decca, Chandos, Deux-Elles, ASV.

Lot 491

After George Wright/Polo/four coloured prints and eight others

Lot 654

A Sterling silver aviator trinket box with enamel panel of a polo player, 8cm diameter and a small Russian box with portrait of Catherine the Great to the cover

Lot 619

A white heavy cashmere unlabelled turtle neck seater dress size M, a white cashmere cardigan size M, an unlabelled white cashmere polo-neck seater and a white cashmere cowl-neck sweater (no label) (4)

Lot 622

A multi-coloured striped wool jumper dress with matching scarf, a Clements Ribeiro striped cashmere sweater size S, a Phase Eight navy cotton/wool mix cable-knit jumper dress, a Phase Eight cotton/wool mix navy/grey striped jumper dress size 12, a long navy cardigan with red edging and gilt buttons and a navy cashmere polo-neck jumper size M (6)

Lot 625

A long black cashmere cardigan with shawl collar size M, an M&S black cashmere sweater size 14, a Deane & White black cashmere cardigan, a Florence & Fred black/grey cashmere sweater size 14, a Uniqlo black cashmere jumper size M and a black wool polo-neck sweater (6)

Lot 1102

Two modern gents suits and four jackets, labels including Gieves and Hawkes, Cerutti, Boss, Harrods (chest size mainly 42''); and a box of modern gents cotton shirts including Ralph Lauren Polo, Turnbull & Asser, Hermes (collar size 15.5), and a brown suede Gucci shirt (rail and box). Shirts have been used and in laundry packets not original packaging. Overall condition ok/good.

Lot 1278

A pair of brown leather officers field boots with wooden trees; a polo stick; a Swaine & Adeney crop; a black crop; and a polo hat

Lot 229

Ca. 618 – 907AD, Impressive large terracotta Chinese Polo Rider; Very good depiction, dynamically formed and clearly the expression of a high, advanced culture. The sport polo was probably introduced to China from Persia, with which China had lively relations during the Tang dynasty, and became (as Jacques Gernet puts it) a "sensation in Chang'an". The virtuosity with which horses' naturalistically compressed expressions were captured had achieved a unique highpoint in the world. The basis for this, however, was the immensely increased interest on studs and breeding in China at the time. It is estimated that, in the mid-7th century, there were more than 700,000 horses. Naturally, horseback riding was part of a blossoming culture of nobility. The polo players are ladies from the circles of courtly culture, as one can immediately recognize by their hairstyle as well as clothing. Here, she is depicted bending over slightly to the side, a very typical posture. Horse and rider still both bear some of the original painting. The shabrack and robe are inspired in their form, while the animal's head is a pleasure of its own - densely, expressively realistic and filled with a power of life; with some repair to hands and head; overall good condition; FULLY AUTHENTICATED BY RALF KOTALLA LABORATORY, GERMANY, ACCOMPANIED BY A DETAILED TL TEST REPORT.SIZE: 520x370 mm. Provenance: Important estate collection from Oxfordshire; formed in the 1970s-2000.; All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with a professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.

Lot 230

Ca. 618 – 907AD , Impressive large terracotta Chinese Polo Rider; Very good depiction, dynamically formed and clearly the expression of a high, advanced culture. The sport polo was probably introduced to China from Persia, with which China had lively relations during the Tang dynasty, and became (as Jacques Gernet puts it) a "sensation in Chang'an". The virtuosity with which horses' naturalistically compressed expressions were captured had achieved a unique highpoint in the world. The basis for this, however, was the immensely increased interest on studs and breeding in China at the time. It is estimated that, in the mid-7th century, there were more than 700,000 horses. Naturally, horseback riding was part of a blossoming culture of nobility. The polo players are ladies from the circles of courtly culture, as one can immediately recognize by their hairstyle as well as clothing. Here, she is depicted bending over slightly to the side, a very typical posture. Horse and rider still both bear some of the original painting. The shabrack and robe are inspired in their form, while the animal's head is a pleasure of its own - densely, expressively realistic and filled with a power of life; with some repair to hands and head; overall good condition; FULLY AUTHENTICATED BY RALF KOTALLA LABORATORY, GERMANY, ACCOMPANIED BY A DETAILED TL TEST REPORT.size: 520x370mm. Provenance: Important estate collection from Oxfordshire; formed in the 1970s-2000.; All Items sold by 12Pax Romana Auctions come with a professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.

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