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365     A FAMILLE-VERTE                 ⌲Ꮴ⛆   ρᒖ⽳⢸ژ伬ృ⯹
                ‘EIGHT HORSES OF
                MU WANG’ BOWL


                Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
                                                ҳ⎽
                the deep rounded sides rising from a straight   D   M Freedman⧍侚2001䎃
                foot, the exterior brightly enameled with
                the horses divided into two groups of four
                                                ᆂ㻪
                separated by ! owering plants and foliage
                                                շThe Colors of Earth, Kangxi Era Porcelains from the
                beneath weeping willows, each horse
                                                Stamen Collectionո岚㡦갾繡遯긭岚㡦갾    䎃
                individually rendered in mustard-yellow,
                orange-red, or dappled grayish aubergine
                tones alternately galloping, grazing, walking,
                or reclining, a band of polychrome prunus
                blossoms accented with gilt against a speckled
                green ground beneath the rim, the interior
                centered with an iron-red ! oral spray, the rim
                gilt, coll. no. 154.
                Diameter 8⅝ in., 21.9 cm

                PROVENANCE
                D & M Freedman, London, 2001.
                EXHIBITED
                The Colors of Earth, Kangxi Era Porcelains from
                the Stamen Collection, Museum of Fine Arts,
                Boston, 2002.
                $ 8,000-12,000













































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