CHINA - Lot 106

CHINA Two porcelain plates decorated in grisaille and colored flesh in the center with an old man embracing a young woman in front of a tent in a landscape, the wing decorated with four vignettes featuring landscapes and birds. 18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796). D. 22.5 cm. Bibliography La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Décor Occidental, F. & N. Hervouët and Y. Brunneau, no. 7.70, p. 165 for a plate with similar decoration, see also China Rediscovered. The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics, G. Manginis, London 2016, and The Choice of the Private Trader, D.S. Howard, Minneapolis 1994, p. 87, no. 73. This lot is the subject of 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.