HUÉ - Hooped teapot in Chinese porcelain for the Kingdom of Hué decorated on the outer marli in blue & white with a landscape with eight horses 八匹马 Bā pǐ mǎ. Circumferential hooping. Four-character mark below the base (jǐn táng fā jì) Cẩm Đường Phát Ký 錦堂發記 or "Prosperity mark of the brocade hall".Late 19th, Qing period. H. 6.3 cm Diam. 13.4 cm Note: These coins are inspired by Chinese imperial coins, in this case the "Eight Horses of Mu Wang" design (穆王八駿圖), symbolising power, speed and success, prosperity or a tribute to the riding mandarins. It would therefore have been a prestige coin, perhaps intended for a Vietnamese official (the horses also symbolised mandarin rank). The "Phát" (發) character is a wish for success.