A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'EIGHT HORSES OF MU WANG' BOWLQING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) the sides painted with the Eight Steeds (ba jun ma) of the Emperor Mu Wang of Zhou, arranged in four pairs, the inside bottom with Mu Wang's charioteer Zao Fu, underglaze blue Chenghua six-character mark within double circle, with Reginald Howard Reed Palmer (R.H.R.P) label numbered '468', on wood stand 21cm diameter Provenance:The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection No. C 468 This item is recorded in the RHRP China Ledger at entry no. C 468, bought from Yamanaka in March 1937 for £100-0-0 and described by RHRP as: 'Porcelain bowl, interior painted with groom and two horses and exterior with eight horses in coloured enamels. Cheng Hua mark in underglaze blue on base. Dia 8. K'ang Hsi period.'Compare with a blue and white version of this bowl, also bearing the Chenghua six-character mark, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no. CIRC.346-1931清康熙 五彩大明成化年制款穆王八駿圖撇口碗拍品來源：英國帕瑪家族顯赫私人收藏，1937年3月以100英鎊從山中商會購買並記錄在家族檔案，編號C468號

the bowl in good condition with only typical minor firing blemishesthe wood stand with cracks, rim chip and old repairs