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This silver standing horse very likely functioned as a paperweight on a scholar’s desk. The horse’s combination of naturalistic details and archaistic pose matches archaeologically recovered depictions in bronze and stone dating to the late thirteenth century.
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Title: Paperweight in the shape of a horse
Period: Southern Song (1127–1279) to Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Date: 13th–14th century
Culture: China
Medium: Silver, lead
Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 1 1/4 in. (3.2); L. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2023
Object Number: 2023.194
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