AFTER GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE (20TH CENTURY) The Eight Horses of Muwang (2)AFTER GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE (20TH CENTURY)The Eight Horses of MuwangColours on silk, a hanging scroll within silk brocade borders and mount, with spurious red Qianlong seal, framed and glazed, accompanied with dedication plaque dated February, 1966. 152.5cm (60in) high x 66cm (26in) wide (2).The 'Eight Horses of Muwang' or King Mu of the Zhou Dynasty alludes to a folktale when the King dreamed of being an Immortal. According to the story, the King was determined to visit the heavenly paradise and taste the peaches of immortality. A brave charioteer named Zaofu used his chariot to carry the king to his destination. During these travels the emperor's chariot was pulled by eight horses named after the colour of their hair. In other accounts, the horses' names reflected their unusual talents such as horse that gallops without touching the ground'.