Tried to find a snappy title but does it need it ? I looked up miniature Tang Horse on Google to put in the Chinese bedroom and wasn't expecting to find one in scale but yes I did ! Well not really in scale because normally Tang Horses, the ones we see frequently , are about 30 to 50 cms high so 2.5 to 4+ cms in scale. I found this little gem on eBay.com in the US, a bit pricy at 35 euros plus postage but its hand painted bronze and signed and it came in a velvet box like a piece of jewellery! Its an 'Olszewski Goebel' and they say quite collectable although they mainly do Disney things. I then went back and found This other little gem in bronze also a 'Olszewski Goebel' for 25 euros to put in the Drawing Room. I put the horse on the new fireplace to give an idea of scale !
I haven't received the Bison yet.
This is a typical american scene of a North American Indian Killing a bison.
It is sad and shocking to think that in the 19th century 30,000,000 bison were killed in order to starve the Indians and control them leaving only at one point 325 alive ( 1884 ) !! Today their numbers are back up to 500,000. As much as the content of this blog is frivolous there are some things to be said. The photo below speaks for itself, millions of bones to be crushed and used as fertiliser ! The US was built on this sad as it is.
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