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This horse paperweight is enlivened by its roan coat of dappled gold. The animal’s whimsical expression and the flames emerging from its withers indicate that this is no common steed. The playfulness of such utensils invited their owners to admire and handle them.
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晚明 銅灑金馬形紙鎮
Title: Paperweight in the shape of a horse
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Date: late 16th–early 17th century
Culture: China
Medium: Copper alloy, splash gilding
Dimensions: H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); W. (head to tail) 3 in. (7.6 cm); W. (knee to tail) 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); D. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
Object Number: 08.97a, b
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