Hand patinated reproduction on wooden black base. Mold made from a print of the original work on display at the Musée Guimet. Like ancient Greece, ancient China was fascinated by the horse. As early as the Chang Dynasty (17th -11th century B.C.), it accompanied sovereigns to their funerary palaces. It was then buried in numbers in order to create a procession. Under the Qhou Dynasty (10th - 3rd century B.C.), the appeared in a team harnessed to chariots with two wheels. Often harnessed with ornaments of precious metals, it was only exceptionally shown as such. It was not until the Qin and
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