CHINA - Lot 91

CHINA Porcelain plate with polychrome decoration in famille rose enamels in the center of a Nativity scene, after the engraving by Jan Luyken (1649-1712), the side decorated with flowering horns, foliage and ironwork motifs. 18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796), circa 1740. D. 23 cm. Bibliography: A plate with the same decoration is reproduced in Made in China. Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at the Winterthur, R.W. Fuchs II and D.S. Howard, 2005, no. 28, p. 66; see also A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, A.M. Palmer, New York 1976, fig. 40b ; another plate is preserved in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, see Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, C.J.A. Jörg, London 1997, p. 278, no. 322; Chinese Export Porcelain in North America, J.M. Mudge, New York 1986, p. 79, no. 122; Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain, E. Gordon, 1978, plate X, p. 48, Oriental Lowestoft (Chinese Export Porcelain), H.W. Gordon and E. Gordon, 1963, p. 37, no. 32 for a similar plate in grisaille. plate with the same grisaille decoration. 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.