An unusual Chinese blue and white sauce tureen decorated with flowers. Qianlong period
Decorated in underglaze blue, with rabbit handles, the cover with a crown after a Meissen form, and decorated with a dragonfly, a pine ad peonies.
A large Chinese blue & white botanical plate after Maria Sybille Merian. Qianlong period.
Decorated in underglazed blue and gold, in the highest quality for this pattern, painted at the centre with a white-bodied caterpillar crawling on the leaf of an iris, beside another with a crawling amongst the petals of an orchid, a butterfly hovering above, enclosed by an gilt floral band in the well and a broad band […]
A large Chinese blue and white figural dish. Kangxi period
The interior of the dish is delicately painted with a circular panel depicting two boys playing in a garden, beside a lady and a scholar in a pavilion. The scene is encircled by a border featuring ladies at leisurely pursuits. On the back ten different flowering plants on the rim, on the base a large […]
Two large Chinese blue and white “figural” dishes. Kangxi period
Decorated in underglaze blue, with a scholar and a lady in leisure a garden accompanied by her maid, carrying a tray with a jug and two cups. An old man sits in a chariot accompanied by his attendant beside an architecture and a pierced ornamental rockwork, the scene possibly inspired by the Romance of the Western Chamber. The […]
A Chinese blue and white “four seasons” square bowl. Kangxi period
Decorated with underglazed blue, with canted corners, each side is decorated with a panel enclosing prunus branches, pine, bamboo and chrysanthemum, the interior with a panel enclosing peonies.
A large Chinese blue and white dish decorated with “sanduo” fruits among foliage. Kangxi period
Decorated in underglaze blue with “sanduo” fruits among foliage.
A large Chinese blue and white “hunting” dish. Kangxi period
Decorated to the central well with equestrian figures and attendants holding banners, the raised sides with panels of further figures divided by geometric designs, underglaze blue six-character Chenghua mark within a double circle.
A very large Chinese blue and white dish decorated with two deers. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in underglaze blue, with two deers in a landscape.
A Chinese blue and white milk jug and cover decorated with ‘Long Elizas’. Kangxi period
The pear-shaped vessel painted with floral sprigs, with foliate moulded panels enclosing ‘Long Elizas’, flanked with a loop handle with a gilt-bronze mounts attaching the flat lid with a hinge.
A very large Chinese blue and white dish decorated with flowers. Kangxi period
Decorated in blue and white with flowers.