Lot 3384. A small blue and white 'galloping horse' dish, Kangxi six-character mark within double circles and of the period (1662-1722); 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price Realized HKD 350,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013

The small dish with deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim is finely painted in cobalt of vivid blue tones with a galloping horse surrounded by flame scrolls in the centre against a dense ground of swirling waves and plum florettes, the ground repeated on the well and on the exterior..

Provenance: Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), the 31st President of the United States.