CHINA - Lot 94

CHINA Pair of porcelain cows, after a Delft earthenware model, brown spotted, the horns with gold background, the rectangular base outlined in pink. 18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796). H. 11 cm, L. 19 cm. Restored chips on three ears and two horns. Provenance : Mary Sayles Booker Braga Collection, New York, USA, Sotheby's, New Yotrk, October 19, 2015, lot 290 Bibliography: Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes, M. Beurdeley, Fribourg 1974, p. 51, plate IX, for a pair of the same model; see also Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, A. du Boulay, p. 297, no. 11. This lot is the subject of 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.