Indian Antique Brass Horse Temple Toy sculptural whistle some surface scratching to the

some surface scratching to the paint on his front and aging to the paint in general

considering what a lot of love and work went into creating him

on which there is some loss of lacquer on the backside in one corner

This beautiful piece

Indian Antique Brass Horse Temple Toy sculptural whistle some surface scratching to theThis is a charming old Indian cast brass horse temple toy, which would have been gifted to a temple as a devotional offering to Hindu deities. I am not certain the age on this piece, but most of these temple toys date from the late 1800s through the early 1900s and I would guess the same on this one, which has remnants of its original red paint in a few spots, typical of these toys. The wheels, which were individually cast, are attached to rods and