20th century AD or earlier. A large bronze figure modelled in the round as a stylised standing horse in Han Dynasty style, ears pricked forwards, mouth open in a whinnying pose, flared nostrils, detailing to the eyes and facial musculature, right leg held forwards, cropped mane, short tail held aloft, detailing to the legs and hooves, the body decorated with an elaborate series of stars, dashes, spirals and scrolls inlaid with silver; hollow underside. Cf. The MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin, 'Funerary Sculpture of a Horse', for comparable; cf. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Han Horse, for comparable; cf. Priestly & Ferraro Chinese Art, Animals For The Afterlife, An Exhibition for Asian Art in London, November 2002, p.24-25, for comparable horses dating to the Han Dynasty. 10.4 kg, 75.5cm (29 3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1996. [No Reserve] Condition Report Fine condition.