Small Ceramic Tang Horse material-wood Our beautiful stone discs

Our beautiful stone discs

This large ancestor portrait is a reproduction based on the paintings traditionally used in China for centuries for the practice of ancestor worship

Each section has a removable shelf inside and three good size drawers at the top provide further useful storage space

the two upper drawers could be locked by securing the two longer brass fittings to the centre frame between them

the chest features a traditional half board lid which can be removed to access the inside

Small Ceramic Tang Horse material-wood Our beautiful stone discsThese ceramic horses are replicas of those made during China's Tang Dynasty. Along with figurines of camels, servants, and civil officials, pottery horses like these were created for burial with wealthier members of society. The Chinese believed in an afterlife and to maintain their status and lifestyle, the ruling classes would have ceramic replicas of their servants, animals and other prized possessions made to be buried with them in order to