In recent years a number of these distinctively modelled horses, with tubular bodies, overly large and thick necks, and flaring nostrils, have been recovered from tombs and burial sites in Sichuan province in Southwest China. Clearly related to the slightly more refined styles of such figures from the metropolitan north, in and around the then capital in Shaanxi province, these Sichuan horses are distinguished by their scale, their often cumbersome appearance and their generally startling demeanour.

Asian Art. Dept., AGNSW, August 2000.