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Maître Brice Pescheteau-Badin
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CHINA Porcelain group of two figures representing the immort…
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187
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CHINA Porcelain group of two figures representing the immort…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
CHINA
Porcelain group of two figures representing the immortal Shou Lao accompanied by a disciple, his tunic decorated in blue underglaze.
18th century, Qianlong period (1735-1796).
H. 14.5 cm high
Bibliography:
Similar figures appeared in the sale The Nanking Cargo, Christie's Amsterdam in 1986, lots 5743 - 5746, see also C. Jörg, The Geldermalsen [sunk 1752], History and Porcelain, Groningen 1986, pp.100-101 C.S. Woodward, Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1795, Cape Town, 1974, p. 47, no. 71 for a figure of this type found in the wreck of the Middelburg sunk in 1780; C. Sheaf and R.Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, The Complete Record (1643/46-1752), Oxford 1988, p. 157, fig. 206 for a set of figures of this type found in the wreck of the Hatcher sunk in 1752; see also J. Ayers,Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, 2016 London, vol. 1, pp. 90-91.
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 the customs documents for export outside the European Union.
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