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A VERY RARE CARVED BISCUIT PORCELAIN ‘EIGHT HORSES Michael J. Kaynes was an official in the Hong Kong government from
OF MUWANG’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG 1962. He quickly formed a good collection of snuff bottles and Chinese
Signed Liang £, 19th century porcelain of the early Republic period. With Hugh Moss, he established
Of cylindrical form naturalistically modelled imitating bamboo with pin- the Chinese Snuff Bottle Society in Hong Kong, which published a
prick marks on the rim, intricately and deftly carved around the body magazine. A group of his ceramics was selected by Anthony Evans
in various levels of relief with a continuous scene of eight horses and for inclusion in an exhibition of 20th century porcelain in The Hague,
five grooms within a mountainous riverscape with rocky outcrops, pine Van Keizerrijk tot Volksrepubliek, 1986.
trees and finely incised waterfalls, wood stand. 16cm (6 1/4in) high (2).
The elaborate yet delicate landscape carving style, as exemplified by
£5,000 - 8,000 the present brushpot, suggests it was carved by a contemporary of one
CNY44,000 - 70,000 of the great craftsmen of the time, such as Chen Guozhi 陳國治 (circa
1820-1860). Chen was a native of Qimen, Anhui province, and was
十九世紀 素胎白瓷浴馬圖筆筒 「梁£」篆書模款 renowned for his ability to carve designs on porcelain with the intricacy
and elegance of those found on paintings.
Provenance: Kaynes-Klitz collection, no.4 (label)
An English private collection Compare with a related biscuit porcelain relief-carved brushpot of similar
style, Daoguang seal mark and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams
來源：Kaynes-Klitz收藏，編號4（標籤） London, 6 November 2014, lot 192. See also a related ivory brushpot,
英國私人收藏 carved with a similar design, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
29-30 November 2018, lot 522, indicating that like the present lot, it
probably depicted a design after the same woodblock print.

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