CHINA - Lot 53

CHINA Porcelain two-figure group depicting a man carrying a young woman on his piggyback, with polychrome decoration in Famille Rose enamels. 18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796), circa 1770. H. 21 cm. Provenance : The Hodroff Collection Chinese Export Porcelain From The Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff, part III, Christie's, New York, January 21, 2009, lot 258. Bibliography: Three similar groups are reproduced by S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, plate CIII;J.P. van Goidsenhoven, La Ceramique Chinoise sous les Ts'ing, Bruxelles, 1936, plate 92, no. 212 and J. Wirgin Från Kinatill Europa, 1998 Stockholm, p. 201, no. 218. 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.