CHINA - Lot 55

CHINA Porcelain two-figure group depicting a woman carrying a child on her piggyback, with polychrome decoration in famille rose enamels. Famille rose enamels. 18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796), circa 1770. H. 21.5 cm. Child's neck and one hand restored. Provenance : Ambassador Armando Patrício Collection, Lisbon, Portugal. Bibliography: A similar group is reproduced in Later Chinese Porcelain, S. Jenyns, plate CIII; La Ceramique Chinoise sous les Ts'ing, J.P. van Goidsenhoven, Bruxelles 1936, plate 92, no. 212; Från Kina till Europa, J. Wirgin, 1998 Stockholm, p. 201, no. 218. 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.