Northern Wei Dynasty Standing four square on a rectangular base, with long arched neck and slender head held elegantly downwards, an arched forelock of hair between the pricked ears, the body adorned with rich ceremonial trappings including a folded and twisted fringed saddle blanket, a strap supporting seven prominent floral decorated tassels around the chest, and leaf-form pendant tassels to the rump, a decorative undulating cover to the mane with a series of punched holes, the horse painted in a reddish brown tone, with white socks, the leather trappings green, the saddle and mane white and the blanket orange. 31cm (12.1/4in) high.