Bronze Gansu Flying Horse Size:Small The hardware is original

The hardware is original

where it would originally have been fitted as one of several internal window panels

with the floral patterns incorporated into the centre section against a pale background

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Bronze Gansu Flying Horse Size:Small The hardware is originalThis lovely horse in bronze is a replica of one dating from the Chinese Eastern Han dynasty (206BC 220AD). The original horse was unearthed in 1969 by residents of Wuwei in Gansu province. When digging an air raid shelter due to fear of an imminent war with the Soviet Union, they came across the tomb of a Han dynasty general and discovered over 200 bronzes figures of men, horses and chariots that were buried with the general. Often referred to as the