Hand-painted Old Jointed Wooden Horse Japanese landscape vase Without the base

Without the base

the gold on black lettering pops beautifully

at Cornell University in Ithaca

one features an orange grid

2) an unnamed Byzantine sculpture

Hand-painted Old Jointed Wooden Horse Japanese landscape vase Without the baseThere are no holes to suggest this horse ever hung from strings, and with his front legs jointed at the knees he can't stand up straight (though he will balance on his own if resting on a knee) so I'm not entirely sure what this very sweet old horse was made for, though now I think I might mount him on the wall balanced on a few strategically placed nails. The white details of the face (including smiling mouth) mane and tale were hand painted on top