Ca 1700 Kangxi Antique Chinese Porcelain Famille Verte “The 8 horses of Wang Mu”

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Condition Report: small rimfritting to both rim and firing flaw to base rim. 1 filled chip to rim. Size 223x25mm DXH

A Chinese famille verte plate decorated with “The Eight Horses of Wang Mu”. Kangxi period.

Decorated in the famille verte palette with the  eight horses of wang mu in various attitudes.

With an old inventory sticker of Bertrand de Lavergne, https://www.bertranddelavergne.com/

The Eight Horses of Wang Mu

The eight horses of King Mu of the Zhou Dynasty was a popular theme for porcelain decorations from the Transitional into the Yongzheng period (1723-35). The story originates from a historical romance, the Mu tianzhi zhuan (An Account of Emperor Mu), which describes the journeys of the fifth emperor of the Zhou dynasty (1023-983 BC) during which he met Xi Wangmu – the Queen Mother of the West – at Yaozhi (the Jade Pond).

The story is about King (Wang) Mu, who dreamed of being an immortal God. He was determined to visit the heavenly paradise and taste the peaches of immortality. A brave charioteer named Zaofu used his chariot to carry the king to his destination.

During these travels the emperor’s chariot was pulled by eight horses named after the color of their hair. Another account, the forth century book, the Shiyiji (Researches into Lost Records) has it that the horses’ names reflected their unusual talents; Number 1 gallops without touching the ground; Number 2 runs faster than birds; Number 3 goes especially fast at night; Number 4 goes as fast as the shadow of the sun; Number 5 is especially well-groomed with a splendid mane; Number 6 runs so fast that one can see a row of ten images of him; Number 7 rides on a cloud; Number 8 has wings.”

The The Eight Horses of Wang Mu became a popular subject among later poets and artists and a symbol for the vehicle or journeys of any emperor.

From Gotheborg website

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