A Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse & Female Rider. The horse standing alert and the female rider sitting upright dressed in flowing robes. Made from a greyish-brown pottery and cold-painted in a base coat of creamy-white pigment on top of which are other coloured pigments. Height 30cm. Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 386 - 534). Provenance: from the collection of the late Brian Page (1938-2018), the well-known Oriental art and antiques dealer from Brighton.