The trickiest part of a stylized animal figure, in my view, is making simplification look deliberate rather than clumsy. The maker seems to have handled it by leaning into a strong silhouette: a rounded body on four short stubby legs, with an elongated head that carries the realism. The maker has said their sculptures tend to have heads that read mostly realistic on bodies that stay far from realistic, and here that split feels like a chosen style rather than an accident.
The figure was sculpted from moist brown clay and sits on a small banding wheel with a blue and white speckle pattern, a white plastic container holding a tool handle just behind it. What stands out for me are the surface decisions: circular indented eyes instead of modeled ones, a small forehead horn, a scalloped textured mane, and a flared wing-shaped tail. That mix of pressed detail and carved texture gives the little horse a lot of personality.
The backstory is the best part. This was originally meant as a little paintable figure for the maker's tiny cousins, but the maker got carried away and is keeping it for themselves. There is also an open question about the replacements: smaller, simpler unicorns are still planned, though a unicorn head bust for the cousins is under consideration too. Either direction sounds good to me, and part of me hopes both happen.