Antique Chinese ca 1600-1640 C Porcelain China Bowl Horses Kosometsuke

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Condition Report: / / Overall Condition rimfritting/mushikui and 1 hairline, filled with kintsugi. Size 145x52mm DXH

A very nice bowl with horses. Early 17th century.

Box included.

similar piece pictured in;
Trade Taste & Transfortmation Jingdezhen porcelain for Japan – Julia B Curtis, page 78.

Butz, Herbertm, M. & Kawahara (1996). Chinesische Porzellane des 17. Jahrhunderts für Japan Sammlung Georg Weishaupt, Berlin. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Berlin.

S. Marchant & Son (2008). Ming Porcelain for the Japanese Market: ko-sometsuke & ko-akaI. S. Marchant & Son.

Symbolism

In symbolism a horse  is a wish for a Good job. It often also indicates swiftness. A monkey 猴 hóu on horse back expresses the wish for promotion quickly as 侯 hóu is a noble rank and 马上 mǎ shǎng ‘on horseback’ is a metaphor for ‘arrive quickly’

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