Indian Antique Brass Horse Temple Toy antique spoon The splint ash visible on

The splint ash visible on the bottom of the basket reveals a rainbow of hues

but became famous--and more complicated--when an extraordinary series of boxes with the motif were commissioned in 1760 by or for the Qianlong emperor

The colors on this fan are very lush and the paper quite heavy

representing characters from black life as she saw it in her town

Indian Antique Brass Horse Temple Toy antique spoon The splint ash visible onThis is a charming old Indian cast brass horse temple toy, which would have been gifted to a temple as a devotional offering to Hindu deities. I am not certain the age on this piece, but most of these temple toys date from the late 1800s through the early 1900s and I would guess the same on this one, which has remnants of its original red paint in a few spots, typical of these toys. The wheels, which were individually cast, are attached to rods and