CHINA - Lot 40

CHINA Porcelain covered teapot with relief decoration of flowering branches and petals, with polychrome decoration in famille rose enamels of lake landscapes with wall inscribed in scrolls. Yongzheng period, circa 1735. H. 11 cm. Three leaves and a knob restored. Illustrated in Tang to Qing Ceramics, A. Varela Santos, 2017-2018 catalog, n° 56. Bibliography: A teapot of the same form is reproduced in The Choice of the Private Trader, D.S. Howard, Minneapolis 1994, p. 149, no. 159 , see also Porzellan aus China, die Sammlung Seltmann, A. Stöbel & N. von Achenbach, 1994; München, p. 109 and 100 Years of Chinese Export Porcelain, A. Varela Santos, n° 77, pp. 84/85. This lot is 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.