Etched Bronze Flying Horse colour-terracotta This smaller

This smaller

In some cases these would hold dozens of drawers

showing a pair of swallows on a willow branch

the table has been refinished in a distressed grey green lacquer that gives it a more contemporary look

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

Etched Bronze Flying Horse colour-terracotta This smallerThis 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