CHINA - Lot 101

CHINA Tea bowl and saucer decorated in grisaille and gold with Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. 18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796), circa 1740. H. 3.8 cm, D. 12 cm. Bibliography: A saucer with the same decoration is kept at the Musée de Mariemeont and reproduced in La Chine des Salons, Collection du Musée Royale de Mariemont, Belgium, 2000, p. 20, a similarly decorated tea caddy is reproduced in Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes, M. Beurdeley, Fribourg 1974, p. 151 208, no. 231, another saucer also reproduced in La Ceramique Chinoise sous les Ts'ing, J.P. van Goidsenhoven, Bruxelles, 1936, plate 109, no. 256. This lot is a temporary import. The buyer must pay import duties 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.