Lot 6
6
A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT FIGURES OF PIEBALD HORSES, each modelled recumbent on a oval-shaped base, their forelegs raised as if about to stand up, the bridled head and neck inclined to one side and applied with a naturalistic mane, the tail, hooves and mane yellow, the body pale aubergine with dark brown spots, the base green with traces of red pigment (some minor old restorations and extremity chips), Kangxi

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A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT FIGURES OF PIEBALD HORSES, each modelled recumbent on a oval-shaped base, their forelegs raised as if about to stand up, the bridled head and neck inclined to one side and applied with a naturalistic mane, the tail, hooves and mane yellow, the body pale aubergine with dark brown spots, the base green with traces of red pigment (some minor old restorations and extremity chips), Kangxi
14.5cm. long (2)

Lot Essay

For an identical pair cf. W. R. Sargent, op. cit., p.64, fig.203 where the author suggests that the pose of the recumbent horse is probably derived from a representation of the 'Black Jade Piebald Horse' from the Gu Tu Yu. The author further notes that dappled horses are said to presage inspiration. A similar pair of piebald horse figures from the Copeland Collection is illustrated in the Catalogue, col. pl.24, p.64, sold in these Rooms, 20 May 1968, lot 51. Compare also the example in the British Museum, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, vol.5, no.237; and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, illustrated in T.O.C.S., 1965, no.147. Cf. also the examples in The George Eumorfopoulos Collection, R. L. Hobson, Catalogue, pl.LXXIV, fig. 4

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