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AFTER GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE The ‘Eight Horses of Muwang’ or King Mu of the Zhou Dynasty
‘The Eight Horses of Muwang’, mid-20th century alludes to a folktale when the King dreamed of being an Immortal.
Colours on silk, a hanging scroll within silk brocade borders and According to the story, the King was determined to visit the heavenly
mount, with spurious red Qianlong seal, framed and glazed, paradise and taste the peaches of immortality. A brave charioteer
accompanied with dedication plaque dated February, 1966. 152.5cm named Zaofu used his chariot to carry the king to his destination.
(60in) x 66cm (26in) (2). During these travels the emperor’s chariot was pulled by eight horses
named after the colour of their hair. In other accounts, the horses’
£6,000 - 8,000 names reflected their unusual talents such as horse that gallops
HK$64,000 - 85,000 without touching the ground’.
CNY53,000 - 71,000

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