Figurine

Horse figurine with base. It is painted with a black tail, mane, and hooves and a yellow, black and blue bridle. There is an orange, red, black, green and blue saddle, and green grass. There is a maker's mark on the underside. These Ulaanbaatar-made horses substitute for the sacred Buddhist objects displayed opposite the south-facing door during the Manchu era. They represent a secularization of Mongolia and would sit in front of the triptych mirror. The ceramic style was popular in the 1960s. The factory that originally made them, the Porcelain Factory, was privatized in the 1990s and continues to make the old designs.