CHINA - Lot 90

CHINA Porcelain plate with polychrome decoration in famille rose enamels in the center after Francesco Albani (1578-1660) of the four elements gathered in a chariot and surrounded by lovers in a landscape, blue scrolls on the rim. 18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796), circa 1750. D. : ? Bibliography: A plate with the same decoration is reproduced in The Book of Famille Rose, G.C. Williamson, plate XXXIX; see also A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, A.M. Palmer, New York 1976, plate 7; Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum, W.R. Sargent, Salem, MA 2012, pp. 297, no. 156; Chinese export-porcelain, Chine de Commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Bruxelles, C.J.A. Jörg, Hong Kong 1989, pp. 178-179, no. 65; Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain, E. Gordon, 1978, p. 61, no. 46; A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, D.S. Howard, 1997. 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.