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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mmarco102, post: 423817, member: 8289&quot;]I am a little confused. Why were they making reproduction Tang Horses in the 19th C if as I am reading, chinese collectors did not have much interest in them as they were made for the dead and concidered bad luck. There was no foreign interest until about 1910 and I cannot find anything about a Tang tombs being open prior to early 20th C.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see many 19th century Tang horese being and been sold at reputable auction houses labeled both Tang or Reproduction Tang...</p><p><br /></p><p>Can someone throw me a bone as where the connections are?</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, why the two color clay?</p><p>——————————————————-</p><p>[UPDATE]</p><p><font size="4"><b><b>Tang Pottery Production</b></b></font></p><p>According to the McClung Museum: “Relatively low-fired and light bodied, Tang pottery is typically composed of earthenware, a porous and permeable common clay. <b><i><u>Ranging in color from nearly white to buff, red, or brown, depending on the mineral content, </u></i></b>this earthenware was fired in kilns at a temperat.</p><p>————————————————————</p><p>Got it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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