Exhibition: Heavenly Horses: Two Thousand Years of Chinese and Japanese Equine Art

Thought of as dragons in disguise and celestial beings, horses were believed to be representatives of the soul and intermediaries between the living and spirit worlds in ancient Asian cultures. Heavenly Horses: Two Thousand Years of Chinese and Japanese Equine Art is an assemblage of captivating horse imagery that traces the animal’s importance through the rich culture, philosophy and religions of Japan and China.