CHINA - Lot 95

CHINA Pair of large porcelain roosters perched on a rock with brown background, the feathers decorated in polychrome Famille Rose enamels. 18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796), circa 1750. H. 30 cm. Restorations. One with restored neck and head, the other with restored crest. Bibliography: Comparable models, see International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1935-36, fig. 1863; A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, D.S. Howard, 1997 London, p. 140, no. 179; Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, A. du Boulay, p. 300; Ancient Chinese Trade Porcelain from The British Museum, London, R. Krahl and J. Harrison, Taipei 1994, pp. 200-201;Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, R.L. Hobson, B. Rackham & W. King, London 1931, p. 152, fig. 270; Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, R.L. Hobson, New York and London 1915, plate 112, fig. 3 for for a rooster preserved British Museum; Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, J. Ayers, 2016 London, vol. 1, pp. 318/319. 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.