Han dynasty|Posed standing in mid-stride with its left front leg bent, its hogged mane terminating in a curl between its ears perked forward on a head modeled with flared nostrils, an open jaw with bared teeth and a bridle in raised relief with incised outlines that extends down each side of its strong neck, with another incised line extending up both legs and looping to the front of its docked tail.|47 1/2in (121cm) high45 1/2in (115.5cm) long|The results of a Thermoluminscence text from Oxford Research Laboratory sample 866j6 of 5 May 1997 are consistent with the dating of this lot.