CHINA - Lot 26

CHINA Two covered deer-shaped wucai enameled cookie pourers, one with a green background, the other with a brown background. Kangxi period (1662-1722), circa 1700. H. 22.5 cm. Restoration to the top of the head of the brown deer, restoration to one leg of the green deer. A small piece restored to the top of the brown buck's head on the left, the green buck's front right leg broken at the top and restored. Bibliography: For a similar pair see, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, A. du Boulay, p. 291, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, S.G. Valenstein, NewYork 1975, p. 235, no. 229 and Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, J. Ayers, 2016 London, vol. 1, pp. 150-151. This lot is subject to temporary importation. 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.