Etched Bronze Flying Horse colour-terracotta providing a larger open space

providing a larger open space for the decorative paintings

showing a pair of swallows on a willow branch

The arched aprons below each main panel are similarly carved and painted and even the four feet at the base are carved in the form of trees and lavishly dressed figures

these unusual necklaces are based on those traditionally worn as part of the tribal costume

The body of the lion is etched with decorative

Etched Bronze Flying Horse colour-terracotta providing a larger open spaceThis cast bronze horse is a reproduction of a similar horse unearthed in Gansu province in 1969 that dated from the Han dynasty (206BC 220AD). The original is now in the Gansu Provincial Museum, but this one is in the same pose, shown mid gallop with one of its hooves on a flying swallow a pose which gave the Han dynasty horse its name the 'Flying Horse of Gansu'. The dark base is beautifully etched around the horse's back, flanks and head in