Decorated in famille verte with eight horses in a landscape setting. Decorated to the base with an antique in underglaze blue. Diameter 20.5 cm.
Chips.
Property of a private Swedish Estate.
Mu (r. 1001–947 B.C.) was according to the legends an intrepid adventurer and is said to have traveled to the famous paradise of the immortals on Mount Kunlun as well as to other worldly and not–so–worldly sites. After his adventures, he released his eight favorite horses into a beautiful valley to finish their lives under the care of his charioteer.