A pair of blue and white La Dame au Parasol tea bowls. Qianlong
Painted with a Cornelius Pronk design of Dame au Parasol, with two figures beside two cranes.
A Chinese blue and white vase rouleau. Kangxi
Decorated in underglaze blue, the body with floral sprays between wide blue-ground lappet bands, filled with leafy scrollwork.
A Chinese blue and white klapmuts bowl. Late Ming / Transitional period.
Of klapmuts form, decorated underglaze blue, with a confucian scholar.
A Chinese blue and white Hatcher Cargo kendi. Ming
Decorated in underglaze blue with a crane.
A pair of Chinese blue and white « chilong » bowls. Tianqi
Decorated in underglaze blue with chilong, the exterior decorated with two chilong separated by plant motifs, and the interior also has a single dragon in the centre. The base has an underglaze blue seal script mark and character mark for the other.
A rare Chinese export faience-form blue and white tureen. Yongzheng
A rare Chinese export blue and white tureen, of shaped oblong outline with eel handle, decorated with flowers, the interior painted with a single flower.
A Chinese blue and white “Romance of the Western Chamber” teapot. Yongzheng
Decorated in underglaze blue, the scene from Act III of The Romance of the Western Chamber (Xi Xiang Ji) by the Yuan Dynasty playwright Wang Shifu (c.1260-1336), where the scholar Zhang climbs over the garden wall to see Cui Yingying. The other woman is her maid, Hongniang.
A large Chinese blue and white lobed « crab & fish” dish. Kangxi
Decorated with underglazed blue, of European form and painted with fish and crabs among aquatic plants.
A Chinese blue and white ‘Ship’ Dish. kangxi
Decorated in underglaze blue, this dish imitates the Japanese style. The rim is divided into six panels – three with diaper and tree with boys in floral scrollwork – enclosed a body painted European merchant ship under full sail. The reverse with three flower sprays.
A Chinese blue and white kraak porcelain dish with two deers. Wanli
Decorated in underglaze blue with two deers.