A blue and white 'eight horses of Muwang' bowl, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period, mid 17th century.
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Wide shape with a slightly flared rim, decorated in underglaze blue with general Muwangs eight horses in different postures. A six character Jiajing mark within double roundels to the base. Diameter 17.5 cm.
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Provenance
Property of a private Swedish Collector.
Exhibitions
Compare with Sothebys, lot 3324, CHINA / 5000 YEARS | 博古五千, 20 May 2025, Hong Kong.
Compare also Bonhams, lot no 313, Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, 20 September 2021.
Literature
A similar example in the Palace Museum is illustrated in Chen Runmin, Qing dynasty Shunzhi and Kangxi period underglaze blue. The Gugong Museum Collection of Qing dynasty porcelain, 2005, no. 110. Compare also another bowl in the Phoenix Art Museum collection, illustrated in Claudia Brown, Chinese Ceramics. The Wong Collection, 1982, p. 46, no. 84.