A BLUE AND WHITE 'EIGHT HORSES OF MU WANG' BOWL QING DYNASTY, SHUNZHI PERIOD

the widely flared sides painted to the exterior with seven horses in a continuous landscape between line borders, the interior with the eighth horse resting in a recumbent position between two rocky outcrops within a double-line central medallion, the base with an apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark

Acquired in Boston, circa 1940-60, and thence by descent.

The bowl with minor chips, frits, and brown burst glaze bubbles all to the underside of the rim and to the foot, as well as minor firing imperfections and expected surface wear throughout.
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Bowls of this type and period sold in our London rooms as part of a group from the Collection of Peter and Nancy Thompson, 7th November 2012, lot 9; and at Christie's New York, 21st/22nd March 2013, lot 1462.