三彩陶騎馬俑唐 約七至八世紀

The figure wears a foreign style knee-length coat and boots. The position of the arms suggests that he may have been a musician, perhaps one of a troop of equestrian musicians such as found in Loyang and now in the Henan Provincial Museum, Tang Sancai, Zhongguo taoei quanji, col. 7. (Shanghai and Tokyo, 1983), pls. 88 and 89. This figure is most similar to a drummer from the above group. Similar sets of musicians have been found in Shanxi province, for example, the one in the tomb of Li Zhen in Liquanxian, now in the Chinese Historical Museum, Beijing. Ibid, pls. 4 and 93.