Estimate

15.000 - 20.000

Session 2

26 March 2026

Hammer Price

Description

Chinese export porcelain sculptures
Decoration in aubergine, brown and yellow tones
Kidney-shaped base in green tones
Kangxi period (1662-1722), c. 1700

11,5x14x6,5 cm

Additional Information

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