A Chinese figure of guanyin decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period.
A figure of Bodhisattva Guanyin seated upon a base with one leg touching the ground and the other bent upwards. She wears a long robe and clock over head, and is modeled with a serene expression on her face. She is holding a small vase in one hand and a lotus in the other.
A Chinese figure of a scholar decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi Period.
Figure of an immortal seated on a hexagonal base, decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, the face, beard and left hand covered with transparent lead glaze. Three sides of the base have geometrical patterns and rosettes in enamels ; the three sides at the back are undecorated except for a stylized flower or a […]
A Chinese “buddhist lion” stand decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Of octagonal form and decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit with Buddhist lions standing on a beribboned brocade ball.
A Chinese “duck and lotus” water dropper decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
The water dropper modelled in the form of cupped lotus leave, the knobbly hollow stalk rises up against the body of a floating duck that is attached to the leaf, water passes through the stem – to control the water flow as it is dropped onto ink. The mandarin duck glazed on the biscuit in […]
A Chinese figure of Guanyin decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
The deity seated on a throne and holding a small boy in her lap, her robes painted in famille verte enamels.
A Chinese brush rest decorated with green and yellow enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Of rectangular box-shaped, with three openings on the top for holding brushes. The top surface is also pierced with three openwork cash-shaped designs above a hallow space.
A Chinese lion joss stick holder decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period.
Decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, standing on four feet and looking to the right, with moveable eyeballs and on an Artemisia leaf-shaped base which symbolized the driving away of evil.
A Chinese famille verte biscuit water pot modeled as the drunken poet Li Tai Bai. 18th/19th century
Famille verte water pot modelled as the drunken poet Li Bai (701-762), wearing green and yellow robes and resting against a wine jar.
A pair of Chinese libation cups decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period.
After an archaic bronze form, each applied with a handle flanked by chilong dragons, two further green dragons on the underside of the mouth, all on a famille verte simulated bronze ground.
A large Chinese figure of parrot with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period.
Perched on a pierced rockwork, base splashed in aubergine, the bird glaze in tones of green with feather-markings delineated in black, standing with head slightly turned in attentive attitude, the pupils picked out in black and the black and legs left unglazed.
