A CARVED BISCUIT 'EIGHT HORSES OF MU WANG' BRUSHPOT SIGNED LI YUCHENG, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY |

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 HKD

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Description

12.5 cm, 4 7/8 in.

carved in relief with the eight horses either galloping, grazing, walking or reclining, the base with a Li Yucheng zuo mark

Provenance

Hugh Moss, London, 1974 (ref. no. 5533).

Catalogue Note

Li Yucheng was known to produce distinctive carved porcelains in the 19th century, often imitating wood, ivory and bamboo. Two similar brushpots attributed to the same artist and dated Daoguang period, are illustrated in Tony Miller and Humphrey Hui, Elegance in Relief—Carved porcelain from Jingdezhen of the 19th to early 20th centuries, Hong Kong, 2006, pls 32 and 33.