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

This imposing vessel is decorated in the ‘Imari’ palette – a combination of underglaze cobalt blue, overglaze iron red, and gilding. The jar’s surface is

The wine cooler is deeply potted, with a broad rounded body gently tapering towards the wide mouth, and raised on a short spreading foot. A

The porcelain wine cooler is decorated in underglaze blue. It is of deep, rounded form, resting on a spreading footring and fitted with two openwork

The two groups, forming a pair, each depict two young Chinese boys in a so-called ‘piggy-back’ composition, one carrying his companion on his back. The