FA ANTIQUE CHINESE SCULPTUREl:"Hand Carved Shoushan Horse from Fukien Dynasty"

Type written labels from 1984 give some clues to the Provenance of this beautifully rendered hand carved stone Stallion. The following notes from Wikipedia: Shoushan (simplified Chinese: 寿山石; traditional Chinese: 壽山石; pinyin: Shòushān Shí) stone carving is an art originating in Fujian Province (Chinese: 福建省; pinyin: Fújiàn Shěng) in East China. The stones used in carving are also known as agalmatolite and are mined in the Shoushan village in northern Fujian. Use of the stone for carving can be traced back as far as the Southern dynasties and have long been used to produce handicrafts and later on in the Ming dynasty, seals. Fujian /ˌfuːdʒiˈɛn/[5] (福建; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. The Tang dynasty (618–907) oversaw the golden age of China which contributed to a boom in Fujian's culture and economy. Siting upon a hand-carved and pegged Rosewood base, the horse had its legs repaired sometime in its history. It remains an exquisitely handsome rendering of a magnificent animal in motion.