Horse on swallow
Name: horse on swallow, a sacrificial article in Eastern HanDynasty(25-100AD).34.5cm in height and 45cm in length it was excavated at leitai of wuwei in Gan su province and is now kept in Gansu province museum .
It is a rare treasure indeed in Chinese history of sculpture. It represents the highest art level of the dynasty in the sculpture history .Three of its hooves are in the air and its hind right hoof treads on a flying swallow which looks back in horror .The streamline and the symmetry vividly portrays the competition between the steed and the swallow who are vying to overtake each other .
It's the symbol of Chinese tourism .Nowadays, as a moral ,people express a thousand li a day and upon arrival.
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