
A monumental ‘fête galante’ punch bowl. China, Qianlong
This bowl is decorated in the famille rose palette, on a a gilt floral and foliate-scroll ground. It is reserved on the front and reverse

This bowl is decorated in the famille rose palette, on a a gilt floral and foliate-scroll ground. It is reserved on the front and reverse

The plate is decorated in the famille rose palette with a colourful, bold and large coat of arms in the centre of the plate in

The rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a broad everted flaring rim, richly decorated in bright shades of underglaze blue and painted

The rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a broad everted flaring rim, richly decorated in bright shades of underglaze blue and painted

The poet is represented drunk and reclining, with his legs crossed, reclining on a partly overturned wine-jar of oviform-shape. He wears an official hat with

Amusingly modelled as Buddhistic lion holding a large brocade ball, the beast with blue body, green mane and iron-red handle emerging from its back, the