CHINA - Lot 81

CHINA Pair of porcelain greyhounds with iron-red decoration, the yellow-bottomed bell held by a green-bottomed collar. 18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796). H. 16 cm. Restored chips on the ears. Bibliography: Chinese Export Porcelain, A Loan Exhibition from New Jersey Collections at the NewarkMuseum,p. 44, fig. 196-200; J.G. Phillips, China Trade Porcelain, plate 73; E. Gordon, Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain, plate XIV; D.S. Howard, A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, 1997 London, p.137, n° 175 for a similar pair of larger size, 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, n° 102, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, A. du Boulay, p. 295 for a similar pair; Qing Porcelain: Famille Verte, Famille Rose, M. Beurdeley & G. 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, 1962, p. 151; Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, C.J.A. Jörg, London, 1997, p. 198, no. 223; Oriental Lowestoft (Chinese Export Porcelain), H.W. Gordon and E. Gordon, 1963, p. 21 and p. 28; Chinese Export Porcelain, Chine de Commande, D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, no. 332; Chinese Export Porcelain from the Museum of Anastácio Gonçalves, Lisbon, M.A.P. de Matos, Lisbon 1996, p. 262, no. 155 and p. 263, no. 156; The Chinese Pavillon at Drottningholm, 1972 Malmö, p. 129; Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, J. Ayers, 2016 London, vol. 1, p. 320. 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.