A standing horse in solid brass, legs set wide, head turned. The horse is the seventh sign in the Chinese zodiac and one of the most sculpted animals in Chinese bronze work, largely because the silhouette is so recognisable in profile.
Horses appear in Chinese bronze casting from the earliest periods, usually as tomb figures and later as decorative sculpture on desks and in offices. The idiom most often attached to a standing horse is about travel and progress.
This is a solid casting with a hand-worked surface: the mane is modelled in short relief strokes rather than left smooth. It stands on a narrow footprint, so it is stable on a flat shelf but not on a curved edge. Felt pad underneath.
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