
A Chinese Blanc-de-Chine “musicians-literati” group. Kangxi
This finely modelled blanc-de-Chine group depicts three seated figures arranged before a large pierced rock and a small gnarled pine. Set upon a naturalistic rocky

This finely modelled blanc-de-Chine group depicts three seated figures arranged before a large pierced rock and a small gnarled pine. Set upon a naturalistic rocky


The plate is finely painted in the famille rose palette with gilt highlights. At the centre, the large accolade coat-of-arms of Gyllenborg and Wright is

Of elegant baluster form, the oviform body rises to a tall neck with an everted rim, flanked by two dragon handles in iron-red and gilt.

This bowl belongs to a group of vessels of varying forms known in English-language literature as “Brinjal bowls”. Most bear an underglaze-blue workshop or factory

Of octagonal form, the two dishes are decorated in the famille rose palette with a cockerel standing on a pierced blue rock, amidst luxuriant pink