Size: H1200mm × W550mm × D480mm
Year: Made in 2026
Form: First work in the Chinese Zodiac Collection (Horse)
Materials and Specifications: Lacquer, maki-e, eggshell
Shipping: Quote provided upon request
WHITE HORSE is the first work in SAVI’s newly launched “Chinese Zodiac Collection.”
Created for 2026, the Year of the Horse, it depicts a majestic white horse using maki-e, a traditional Japanese craft.
At the heart of this work is a challenge to express “white,” a color that is difficult to achieve in the world of lacquer. Due to the technical limitations of white lacquer, a traditional technique using eggshell was incorporated to delicately render the form of the white horse. The brilliance and texture of the white created by the fine details of the eggshell accentuate its quiet elegance and powerful vitality.
This past March, SAVI’s “WHITE PEACOCK” was sold at auction at Christie’s. Building on that success, the Chinese Zodiac, rooted in Japanese culture, was chosen as a new theme, layering original techniques and a contemporary aesthetic onto traditional maki-e.
WHITE HORSE is a work that discovers new forms of expression in Japan’s inherited traditional crafts and passes their beauty on to the future. The white horse symbolizes nobility, purity, and the power to move forward.
Through craftsmanship and the possibilities of materials, SAVI reinterprets Japanese tradition as contemporary art and shares it with the world.
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