A modern silver model of the Flying Horse of Gansu

A modern silver model of the Flying Horse of Gansu,

maker's mark of JW, London 1977,

modelled in a galloping position standing on a swallow, length 24.8cm, height 18.8cm, approx. weight 45.5cm,

The Flying Horse of Gansu, is a Chinese bronze sculpture from circa the 2nd century, depicting a galloping horse stepping on a swallow. Discovered in 1969 near the city of Wuwei, in the province of Gansu, it is now in the Gansu Provincial Museum.

The horse was reproduced as part of a project for the Times Newspaper, and a limited number were reproduced in bronze and one was known to have been made in silver.