Pair of Chinese export porcelain horses, Kangxi.

Very rare and fine pair of Chinese export porcelain horses on a kidney shape base decorated in brown, yellow and black translucent enamel, c. 1700, Kangxi reign, Qing dynasty. 7.9181 

Provenance: The Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection, USA.

Literature:

• Frank Partridge & Sons, catalogue, June/July 1933, no. 64 for the same model in aubergine and yellow translucent enamels on biscuit from the H. Johnstone Collection, London, h.11 cm, 4 ½ in;

• Christie’s sale catalogue on 26th April 1929, lot 103 for a single horse decorated in translucent yellow, white and aubergine enamels on the biscuit from the Richard Bennett Collection, exhibited at the Chinese Art Exhibition, Berlin, 1929, no. 952;

• The Hon. Mrs George Keppel Collection, Christie’s sale catalogue 23rd June 1949, lot 21 for two similar horses decorated in aubergine and yellow translucent enamels and the bases in green;

• British Museum: Handbook of the Pottery & Porcelain of the Far East, 1948 Catalogue, p. 82, cat 126 for a single horse in translucent enamels with black spots;

• A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, by D.S. Howard, 1997 London, p. 90, cat. 101 for a similar pair with different decoration;

• Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, by R.L. Hobson, B. Rackham & W. King, London 1931, p. 151, fig. 265 for a similar but spotted horse from the W J Holt Collection;

• The Copeland Collection, Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, by W.R. Sargent, Salem 1991, cat. 19/20, pp. 62/65 for similar figures;

• Nellie Ionides Collection, Sotheby's sale catalogue, 2nd July 1963, for two similar white glazed horses, cat. 31.

非常珍稀且精美的中國外銷瓷駿馬坐像，像中馬兒坐在施棕，黃，黑三色透明釉的腎形底座上，約1700年，清康熙。

藏品來源：美國Leo及Doris Hodroff收藏。

參考文獻：

•《Frank Partridge & Sons收藏》，1933年，6-7月目錄，見編號64倫敦H. Johnstone收藏的一件 施紫黃透明釉，形狀相同的塑像，高11釐米，4½英吋；

• 1929年4月26日佳士得拍賣圖錄，編號103，Richard Bennett收藏，曾展出於1929年柏林中國藝術 展，編號952的一件施黃，白，紫三色透明釉的駿馬像；

•《George Keppel夫人收藏》，1949年6月23日佳士得拍賣圖錄，編號21兩件施紫黃透明釉，底座施 綠釉的相似駿馬像；

•《大英博物館：遠東陶瓷手冊》，1948年目錄，見82頁，編號162一件施不透明釉飾以黑色斑點的駿馬像；

•《三城記：廣州，上海和香港》，作者D.S. Howard，1997年倫敦出版，見90頁，編號101一對 繪不同紋飾的近似器；

•《私人收藏中國陶瓷》，作者R.L. Hobson，B. Rachham及W. King，1931年倫敦出版，見151 頁，圖265一件出自W.J. Holt收藏，但斑點的駿馬像；

• 《Copeland收藏中日陶瓷塑像》，作者W.R. Sargent，1991年塞勒姆市出版，見編號19-20，62-65頁近似塑像；

• 參見1963年7月2日蘇富比拍賣品目錄Nellie Ionides收藏，兩隻白釉馬塑像。

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