Description
A rare pair of small Chinese cloisonné models of horses Qianlong 1736-95, each elaborately saddled with gilt wire mounts and a pendant beneath the neck, the saddles decorated with a cell diaper design, the hooves and tails gilt, their coats white with dark dappling, 10.2cm high. (2)
Provenance: an English private collection, formerly in the collection of Henry M. Knight (d.1971), Cf. Davids and Jellinek, Provenance, pp.276-280 for details about Henry Knight.
