Flying Horse, ancient Akhal-Teke in a 2,000 year old Chinese bronze

"Flying Horse" is a famous bronze statue from the second century AD, discovered in a tomb near the Chinese Wu-wei in Gansu province. The tomb yielded the treasure of bronze horses, among them the famous "Flying Horse." Its head and tail raised high in a proudly untrammeled gallop, its fleeting touch with the earth brilliantly suggested in the one hoof borne on a flying swallow. This is doubtlessly a miniature of the horse imported from Fergana during Wu-ti expeditions in Central Asia in 104 BC. It is the best artwork of ancient 'celestial horse' - the Akhal-Teke - known today. From: www.akhaltekeranch.com