A Chinese blue and white octogonal dish decorated with two ladies on a terrace. Yongzheng period
Decorated in underglaze blue, at the center with two ladies on a terrace and in a building holding a lotus and a fan, and a peony, within a lappet band at the well and a composite flower and a fruit band at the border including prunus, chrysanthemum, pomegranate and finger citrus.
A Chinese blue and white plate decorated with Hsi Wang Mu, “Mother of the West”. Qianlong period
Decorated in underglaze blue, with a finely painted honeycomb-diaper border interrupted six times on the rim with stylized characters, within a leaf-shaped outline painted with floral scrollwork a figure of a goddess bearing a basket of flowers, while a deer looks up faithfully.
A large blue and white Chinese Export dish for the Asian market (Swatow). Ming Dynasty – 16th/17th Century
Decorated in underglaze blue and painted to the interior with a central mountainous landscape including pagodas, the border with panels of flowers and boats.
A Chinese blue and white “kraak porselein” dish. Wanli period
Decorated in underglaze blue and painted to the central star-shaped panel with a grasshopper perched on rockwork beside blossoming flowers and plants, the radiating panels alternating further flowers and precious objects.
A Chinese blue & white lotus-shaped dish. Kangxi period.
Formed as a lotus flower with nine radiating petals, similarly painted at the centre with insects in flight above a grasshopper perched on rockwork beside chrysanthemum an peony sprays, below nine lappets enclosing mandarin ducks on a lotus pond, a pair of birds beside a prunus branch, a pair of birds perched on a willow […]
A garniture of three large blue & white spiral-fluted vases. Kangxi period
Decorated in underglaze blue and composed by three baluster vases and covers, each with spiral-fluted midsection decorated in deep, inky tones of cobalt-blue with leafy, flowering vine, the domed covers molded as overlapping petals.
A very large Chinese blue and white charger decorated with the The Eight Daoist Immortals. Transitional period, circa 1635-1650.
Painted to the central panel with the Eight Immortals , the moulded sides painted with panels of farmers and a scholar divided by panels of stylized tulips.
A Chinese blue and white “landscape” foliated-rimmed dish. Ming dynasty, ca. 1550-1600
Of foliated-rimmed form, decorated in underglaze blue, the centre decorated in tones of cobalt blue with mountains, steep cliffs, pavillion, pagoda, rocks and trees, the border with aquatic plants and birds.
A very large Chinese Export Porcelain blue and white dish for the Asian market (Swatow). Ming Dynasty – circa 1600/1619
Painted to the centre with a marine rose radiating lines, two large cargo ships under sail on either side, and a giant fish-like sea monster emerging from waves opposite a mountainous landscape with ornamental gates to the foreground, the cavetto with cartouches framing emblematic patterns in opposite pairs, one pair flanked by long tailed birds, […]
A Chinese blue and white teapot with Dutch silver mounts. Qianlong period.
Decorated in underglaze blue, with Dutch silver mounts.