Horse Sculpture Put Out to Pasture. By JOSH KARP . Oct. 26, 2000 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... The estimated cost to build the other two horses was $300,000, ...

The horses were trained to dance, or follow the beat of a drum, and sculptures of them were made to bury with royals when they died, Sung says. This particular horse sculpture has been at the ...

The "Dancing Horse" and other horse sculptures were commissioned for the express purpose of entombing them with royalty. Sung says Emperor Xuanzong from the 8th century loved horses so much he had ...

Throughout history and around the world, humans have had a close relationship with horses, as helpers and workers, pets, and for sport. The National Museum of the American Indian’s online exhibition A ...

A 1,300-year-old sculpture of a dancing horse — a precious relic of China’s Tang dynasty — captured an ancient tradition of trained horses performing for emperors.

A new horse sculpture is installed on the Plains greenway by Becky Fields, Cori Kerner, Scott Bradley and Matt Fields. (Tracy ...