An unusual famille-rose 'eight horses' vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

of archaistic hu form, set on the sloping shoulders with a pair of iron-red square-section handles with key-fret in relief, the sides painted with the eight horses brightly enamelled in pink, yellow, purple, white and brown, prancing and grazing in a continous grassy meadow with clusters of flowering plants, rockwork and cliffs rising to scrolling clouds to one side and an overhanging willow and another tree below the ruyi-head and key-fret borders around the mouth, and a band of lappets at the base, wood stand
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42 cm high

• Lot Sold $12,500 (Hammer Price)
• $15,250 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Private Collection, Sydney, acquired in Hong Kong circa 1960
Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above

Condition Report

Wear to the gilding around the rim, now largely worn away. The glaze on the base has been ground away.

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CONTACT INFORMATION +

Specialists
	Guy Cairnduff Head Arts & Design Melbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Guy Cairnduff		Geoffrey Smith Chairman Australian & International Art Melbourne  |  Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith
	Ann Roberts Specialist Consultant, Asian Art Arts & Design Melbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Ann Roberts		Anthony Hurl Specialist Consultant Arts & Design Adelaide T: +61 (0)8 7225 7836 E: Anthony Hur
	Brett Ballard Senior Specialist Australian & International Art Sydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard		Fiona Hayward Senior Specialist Australian & International Art Melbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Fiona Hayward