And i had assumed they are clearly oriental, but i assumed they were chinese. But could they be japanese maybe . They are chinese, not japanese at all, and the type of pottery these are called sansei glazes or threecolor glazes with the white pottery, the green, and this sort of honey color. So theyre purporting to be chinese pottery models, an equestrian and a lady attendant, dating from the tang dynasty, 618 to 907 a. D. I personally have no doubt that these are genuine pieces from the tang dynasty. Ive seen and handled quite a lot of them which are proven to be genuine, and these have all the right features, the right style of glazes. Also the provenance. These have been in europe for quite a long time. We can see the head has been broken off here. All of the legs here have been broken through. Theres a flake of restoration there. Her head has been broken off. They are kind of a bit of a wreck, shall we say. They clearly are not modern copies out of china. Im delighted to hear what
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