Pottery painted horse

[Pottery painted horse]

Pottery painted horse is 45 cm high and 42.8 cm long in the Western Han Dynasty

The horse stands upright, with its front foot slightly forward, and its rear foot slightly arched, implicitly waiting to move. The horse’s face is thin and long, its cheeks are flat, its eyes are straight ahead, its ears stand upright, and its mouth is open and its nose is bulging. The neck is carved with a long mane. The body is thin, muscular and slender

The Western Han Dynasty was the period when the Han Dynasty confronted the regime of the northwest ethnic minorities. Due to the war, the demand for horses was greater than ever before, and people’s understanding of horses reached an unprecedented level