Antique Collecting November 2021 issue

Page 52

THE EXPERT COLLECTOR Tang horses

Stable Returns Valued for their strength and endurance, horses symbolised power and status in ancient China and were even believed to transport souls to the next world, writes Allen Wang

‘Horses were associated with dragons – animals capable of carrying humans to the land of the immortals’

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