Antique Chinese ca 1600-1640 C Porcelain China Bowl Four Horse Ming

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Condition Report: Overall Condition Small rimfrits and 3 filled chips. Size: 148x50mm dxh.

A very nice bowl with a nice scene of 4 horses dancing/galloping around the wall of the bowl. 1 horse is spotted. Late Ming, early qing period.

Horse

Horses as pasture animals feature more in ancient times when the center of civilization was further north around the Yellow River. Horses came from central Asia, Mongolia and Tibet. In the ancient Yi Jing the horse represents ’yin’ compared to the dragon ‘yang’. The god of war Guan yu (Guan di) rode a red-haired horse. Horses are associated with the element metal and west. In symbolism a horse laden with goods is a wish for a government post. It often also indicates swiftness. A monkey hóu on horse back expresses the wish for promotion quickly as hóu is a noble rank and mǎ shǎng ‘on horseback’ is a metaphor for ‘arrive quickly’. The horse occupies the position of South on the Zodiac Compass.

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