KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A ROSE VERTE BISCUIT FIGURE OF AN EQUESTRIAN
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The rider is shown seated on a caparisoned horse set with a saddle and saddle cloth decorated with crested waves standing foursquare on a rectangular pierced plinth. His hands are positioned to hold reins and he wears a blue-enameled jacket and a conical hat, exposing two locks of hair that fall over his shoulders.
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Mary Stillman Harkness (1874-1952) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1927.

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Lot Essay

A pair of similar horses and riders, shown standing on pierced rectangular bases, in The Copeland Collection, is illustrated by W. Sargent in The Copeland Collection: Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, The Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts, 1991, pp. 58-9, no. 18.

A related rose verte equestrian group, but with the figure standing beside the horse, is illustrated in R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics, The Anthony de Rothchild Collection, London, 1996, vol. II, p. 474-5, no. 286. Another rose verte example was sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 3 May 2005, lot 249.

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