Museum horse with a saddle, Chinese early glazed ceramics, Ming Dynasty(?) Height: 13 = 32.5 cm; Weight: 10 lb. = 4.5 kg; Age: Attributed to Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or earlier; If you look at the the glaze, you can see tiny craquelures all over the body of the horse, which happens after several hundred years of aging. Estimated price: $10,000-$20,000 US. Condition: very good for this age, insignificant repairs: right ear and end of the tail was glued; Provenance: purchased from the antiques auction in 2009 in St. Petersburg, FL, USA. Similar to the Renaissance in Europe, the Ming Dynasty signed a period of artistic and literary prosperity in China with porcelain being its most recognizable and admired production. Some of the Ming artistic innovations can be attested on horse mingqi figures from this period, including the doucai (鬥彩, contending colours) and and wucai (五彩, five-colour) glazes.