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\r\nDecoration in aubergine, brown and yellow tones
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\r\nKangxi period (1662-1722), c. 1700","additional_info":[{"title":"Additional Information","text":"
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\r\nLiterature:
\r\nFrank 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 \u00bd in;
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\r\nChristie'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
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\r\nBennett Collection, exhibited at the Chinese Art Exhibition, Berlin, 1929, no. 952;
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\r\nThe 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;
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\r\nBritish 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;
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\r\nA 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;
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\r\nChinese 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;
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\r\nThe Copeland Collection, Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, by W.R. Sargent, Salem 1991, cat. 19\/20, pp. 62\/65 for similar figures;
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\r\nNellie Ionides Collection, Sotheby's sale catalogue, 2nd July 1963, for two similar white glazed horses, cat. 31
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