Chinese porcelain horse, one of a pair

An image of Animal figure. Horse (one of a pair). Unknown maker, China. With brown and yellow splodges, on a green stand. In the act of rising. Hard-paste porcelain, length, 14.6, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Chinese.

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Animal figure. Horse (one of a pair). Unknown maker, China. With brown and yellow splodges, on a green stand. In the act of rising. Hard-paste porcelain, length, 14.6, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Chinese.

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Accession Number: C.14B-1962
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 70.39kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 45/1
Captured: 2012:10:23 14:33:47

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17th Century 18th Century animal animal figure animals ceramics Chinese equestrian figure glazed green hard-paste porcelain horses K'ang Hsi Kangxi lying lying down pair pale yellow porcelain yellow

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