Etched Bronze Flying Horse colour-terracotta ornate carvings are distinctive of

ornate carvings are distinctive of furniture produced in the Shaanxi region and depict various flowers

would have been set as the right hand support for the large

Typically stacked in twos or threes in bedrooms or placed on top of cabinets to store winter clothes or bedding

In some cases these would hold dozens of drawers

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

Etched Bronze Flying Horse colour-terracotta ornate carvings are distinctive ofThis 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