Small Ceramic Tang Horse material-wood supple chocolate brown leather

supple chocolate brown leather

single drawer is beautifully decorated with relief carvings of flowers and leaves

This smaller

this sideboard offers equally versatile use today

This large ancestor portrait is a reproduction based on the paintings traditionally used in China for centuries for the practice of ancestor worship

Small Ceramic Tang Horse material-wood supple chocolate brown leatherThese ceramic horses are replicas of those made during China's Tang Dynasty. Along with figurines of camels, servants, and civil officials, pottery horses like these were created for burial with wealthier members of society. The Chinese believed in an afterlife and to maintain their status and lifestyle, the ruling classes would have ceramic replicas of their servants, animals and other prized possessions made to be buried with them in order to