CHINA - Lot 25

CHINA Two seated porcelain dogs, one spotted black on a white background; the other on a green background. Kangxi period (1661-1722), circa 2720. H. 17.5 cm. Bibliography : Chinese Export Porcelain, A Loan Exhibition from New Jersey Collections at the NewarkMuseum, p. 44, fig. 196/200; China Trade Porcelain, J.G. Phillips, plate 73; Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain, E. Gordon, plate XIV; A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, D.S. Howard, 1997 London, p.137, no. 175; The Choice of the Private Trader, D.S. Howard, Minneapolis 1994, p. 273; Oriental Lowestoft, J.A. Lloyd Hyde, plate XII, fig. 29; Chinese Porcelain, A. du Boulay, Hong Kong 1963, p. 74, no. 102; Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, A. du Boulay, p. 295; Qing Porcelain: Famille Verte, Famille Rose, M. Beurdeley and G. Raindre, London 1987, p. 295. Raindre, London 1987, p. 84, no. 119; A Connoisseur's Guide to Chinese Ceramics, C. and M. Beurdeley, London 1984, p. 257, no. 139; Porcelain de la Compagnie des Indes, M. Beurdeley, Fribourg 1974, p. 151, p.. 176, cat 103 and no. 104; The Copeland Collection, Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, W.R. Sargent, Salem, MA, USA 1991, pp. 84/85, no. 33; Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, C.J.A. Jörg, London 1997, p. 198, no. 223; Chinese Export Porcelain, China de Commande, D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, no. 332. This lot is a temporary import. The buyer must pay import charges 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.