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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 424229, member: 6444&quot;]Why do you think these horses were unknown until early 20th century? I am highly skeptical of that information. Much Sancai pottery was left above ground and never buried; in addition many people with many graves and grave goods must have been plowed up over the thousand years since the Tang dynasty ended.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is true, I suspect, is that the copies have gotten better over time as the originals have been better studied and faked.</p><p><br /></p><p>This Antiques Roadshow is worth watching: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/8/oklahoma-city-ok/appraisals/fake-tang-style-horse-ca-1920--200303A09/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/8/oklahoma-city-ok/appraisals/fake-tang-style-horse-ca-1920--200303A09/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/8/oklahoma-city-ok/appraisals/fake-tang-style-horse-ca-1920--200303A09/</a></p><p>The dirt your girlfriend washed off could well have been applied &quot;patina&quot; to help in the aging process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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