A Chinese famille verte figure of a recumbent horse, 18th Century, modelled on an ovoid base with one foreleg semi-straightened, the bushy mane picked out in blue, the body in iron red with yellow detail to the headcollar, 17cm long, 12.5cm high. Footnote: Horses of this sort are considered rare and appear in prominent collections including the Franks collection at the British Museum and the Hon Lady Ward collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.