Chinese export porcelain model of cows after a Dutch Delft original, Qianlong.

Very rare pair of Chinese export porcelain model of two cows standing on a rectangular base after a Dutch delft original decorated with brown opaque enamel marks, c. 1760, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, h. 12,5 cm, 5 in; l. 19 cm, 7½ in. 7-16347

Provenance: Mary Sayles Booker Braga, New York, USA.

Illustrated: Tang to Qing Ceramics, by A. Varela Santos, 2017/2018 catalogue, cat. 66.

Literature:

• Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes, by M. Beurdeley, Fribourg 1974, p. 51, colour plate IX, for a similar pair of cows but with different decoration;

• Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, by A. du Boulay, p. 297, cat. 11 for a single cow with similar decoration.

非常罕見的中國外銷瓷奶牛塑像一對，器型仿荷蘭代爾夫特陶器，奶牛立於長方形底座上，身上飾以不透明的棕色斑點，約1760年，清乾隆，高12.5釐米，5英吋；長19釐米，7½英吋。

藏品來源：美國紐約Mary Sayles Booker Braga。

圖示: 《唐代至清代陶瓷》阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 2017/2018圖錄，編號，第66頁。

參考文獻：

•《印度公司瓷器》，作者M. Beurdeley，1974年弗里堡出版，參見第51頁圖版9帶不同紋飾的相似 塑像一對；

•《佳士得中國陶瓷史畫報》，作者A. du Boulay，參見第297頁編號11帶相同紋飾的奶牛塑像一件。