Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 13th July - 13th July 2022
Lot 610
A modern silver model of the Flying Horse of Gansu
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £750
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Description
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.