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sculpture
7th Century
t'ang dynasty
lady lever
port sunlight
wirral
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statuette
terracotta
equestrian
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horse
chinese
statue
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Shake hooves

Shake hooves
Apparently these horses were one of the most important and lavish grave goods items in 7th Century China.

I was absolutely stunned to discover that it's possible to own something this old. This one is in a gallery, and of course galleries and musea have such things. But I recently found one in a coin-collectors' shop in London. Not quite so pretty (standing on all four legs) but in unmistakably the same style, and for £950. That's a lot of money, but for something that's over 1,000 years old..! I don't know how much this one with the raised foreleg would cost, but I WANT ONE!

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