Large Ceramic Tang Horse w95 With eight good sized drawers

With eight good sized drawers

Based on the old grain cabinets of Qinghai province in western China

The lacquer and paintings on this round box would once have been much brighter

these cabinets would have been given as part of a bride's dowry

According to Chinese tradition cabinets like these would at one time have been presented as part of a bride's wedding dowry

Large Ceramic Tang Horse w95 With eight good sized drawersThese wonderful ceramic horses in a beautiful turquoise glaze are replicas of horses produces during China's Tang Dynasty. Along with figurines of camels and other animals, as well as of servants and civil officials, pottery horses like these were produced specifically to be buried with the wealthier members of society. The Chinese believed that this life would continue into the next, and so in order to preserve their status and high standard of