CHINA - Lot 3

CHINA Oblong Kraak porcelain bottle with blue underglaze decoration of flying horses and flowers in compartments. Ming dynasty, Wanli period, circa 1600. H. 27.5 cm Bibliography For comparable examples see Chinese Ceramics in Colonial Market, G. Kuwayama, 1997 Los Angeles, n° 4, pp. 32/33, Silk, Porcelain and Lacquer. China and Japan and their Trade with Western Europe and the New World, 1500-1644, T. Canepa, 2016, p. 176, fig. III.62; Céramiques Chinoises d'Exportation pour l'Asie du Sud-Est, Fondation Baur, M. Crick, 2010 Genève, p. 313, no. 217/218; Chinese Blue and White Ceramics, S.T. Yeo and J. Martin, Singapore 1978, p. 210 / 11, plate 124; Kraak Porcelain, L. Vinhais & J. Welsh, p. 148-153, no. 18/18; Jingdezhen to the World,T. Canepa, p. 150 / 51, no. 47; Kraak Porcelain, M. Rinaldi, London 1989, pp. 166/174. This lot is a temporary import. The buyer must pay import duties of 5.5% (6.6% incl. VAT) of the hammer price, in addition to the usual fees. These additional costs may be refunded to the buyer on presentation of customs documents for export outside the European Union.