CHINA - Lot 104

CHINA Porcelain plate decorated in grisaille and colored flesh in the center with a woman in her toilette, washing her feet, after the engraving by Claude Duflos (1665-1727) entitled "Le bain" ("The Bath"). The wing is decorated in iron red and gold with shells and foliage. 18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796). D. 22.8 cm. A hair on the wing. Provenance : F. & N. Hervouët Collection, Paris.reproduced in: La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Décor Occidental, F. & N. Hervouët et Y. Hervouët. Hervouët and Y. Brunneau, p. 125, no. 6. A plate with the same decoration is reproduced in Från Kina till Europa, J. Wirgin, 1998 Stockholm, p. 188, no. 204. 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.