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9 gru 2021 · Tang dynasty (618–907) prancing horse from the Tang capital Chang’an, image courtesy of Lam’s Gallery, Hong Kong Earliest Horses. In the first century BC, two Chinese armies travelled to the western kingdom Ferghana in search of “heavenly horses”.
The inspiration for the many of Tang horses were Tall horses, the heavenly horses from Central Asia introduced to China in the first century B.C. Some were figures were discovered in Astana tombs by Sir Aurel Stein during his third exploration of Central Asia in 1913-16.
Standing Horse is a tomb figure created during the Tang dynasty in China. In ancient China, numerous tomb figurines and other artefacts were designed specifically to be buried with the deceased in large burial mounds .
The Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum (simplified Chinese: 昭陵六骏; traditional Chinese: 昭陵六駿; pinyin: Zhāolíng Liùjùn) are six Tang (618–907) Chinese stone reliefs of horses (1.7m x 2.0m each) which were located in the Zhao Mausoleum, Shaanxi, China.
In style and subject matter, this horse and rider with sancai or "three-color" glaze is emblematic of funerary sculpture from the early eighth century, the apex of the Tang dynasty.
When authentic history opens, about the twelfth century B.C., the horse had already long been in the possession of the Chinese; but he was not as yet used for riding, but was invariably driven, yoked to a chariot or car.
The furthest Chinese conquests to the north and west were achieved under the Han, Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties thanks to extensive military-managed horse-farms, involving hundreds of thousands of horses. Horses were highly valued and prevalent until late in Qing dynasty period of 1644–1912.
