Bronze Horse Sculpture from Eastern Han Dynasty (IMAGE)

Uppsala University

Bronze Horse Sculpture from Eastern Han Dynasty

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A famous bronze sculpture from Eastern Han Dynasty, about 200 AD. “Bronze pacing horse poised on a swallow with wings outstretched”. This beautiful sculpture does not prove that the DMRT3 mutation was present in China 2 000 years ago, but the researchers believe that this is possible based on its widespread distribution and because the Vikings apparently used such horses when they colonized Iceland 1 000 years ago.

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Erik Cornelius, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm

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