A Chinese “European subject” bowl. Qianlong
The bowl is decorated on the exterior with a large oval medallion containing a finely painted scene. The scene shows three standing figures set in an outdoor landscape: two men dressed in long purple and pink coats with tricorn-style hats, and a third man wearing a blue garment and carrying a large sack on his […]
An unusual Chinese famille rose vase, tianqiuping decorated with the “Hundred Antiquities”. Yongzheng
The vase, of an unusual globular form with a tall cylindrical neck, is decorated in famille-rose enamels with a rich ‘Hundred Antiquities’ motif. At the center, a brocade-patterned vase rests upon a stylized stand and contains an assortment of scholarly objects—brushes, a ruyi scepter, a folded fan, and scrolls—symbols of the literary arts and cultured […]
A fine famille rose “Chinese official” cup and saucer. Qianlong
The cup and saucer are decorated in the famille-rose palette. The cup bears a single medallion, while the saucer carries four medallions arranged around a central reserve depicting a mother and child. Each of the four medallions contains the portrait of an official shown in three-quarter view, attired in a long violet robe and wearing […]
A Chinese Dutch-decorated Kakiemon-style “chilong” bottle vase. Kangxi
The pear-shaped bottle vase with a body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a tall slender cylindrical neck with an applied underglaze-blue moulded dragon to the shoulder and painted in iron-red and enamels with exotic birds beside lotus, a tiger, chrysanthemum and prunus.
A Blanc-de-Chine wine ewer with Dutch gilt-metal mounts. Kangxi
This wine ewer of pear shape has a globular body, flaring neck, curved spout and lateral handle. The body is decorated with moulded and applied motifs depicting peony blooms in relief. The piece is fitted with Dutch gilt-metal mounts, including a detachable cover surmounted by a small figure of a rabbit, secured by a chain […]
A massive Chinese blue and white charger decorated with Immortals. Transitional period
The massive charger is decorated in underglaze blue. At the centre, two immortals, Zhongli Yuan and Lan Caihe, stand in a mountainous landscape crossed by streams and stylised rocks. The border is divided into alternating wide and narrow panels, variously decorated with figures and floral motifs inspired by Iznik ceramics. Zhongli Quan, holding his fan, […]
A Chinese wucai dragon censer. Transitional period
The vessel is of bombe form, with a rounded body, pronounced shoulder, and slightly flared rim — a shape characteristic of the wide-mouthed censers produced at Jingdezhen during the seventeenth century.The decoration is executed in wucai enamels — literally “five colours”: iron red, green, yellow, blue, and aubergine. These pigments were applied over the glaze […]
A Chinese armorial tureen for the Irish / Belgian market (O’dwyer). Yongzheng
The tureen is decorated with blue underglaze lambrequins highlighted in gilt, bearing the full arms of the O’Dwyer family — D’or, semé de mouchetures d’hermine de sable, au lion au naturel, lampassé de gueules (et vraisemblablement armé de sable), rampant — surmounted by a helmet. The design is embellished with the collar of the Order […]
A Chinese famille rose “European subject” plate. Qianlong
The plate is decorated in the famille rose palette, with a scene depicting Les Oies de Frère Philippe, engraved by Nicolas de Larmessin after a painting by Nicolas Lancret, that is now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. The border is decorated with a gilt interlaced ground punctuated by four lobed reserves alternating floral medallions, […]
A Chinese blue and white teapot decorated with two ladies. Kangxi
Of globular form with a curved spout and loop handle, the teapot is decorated in rich cobalt blue tones with a garden scene. Two elegant ladies stand in conversation beneath a willow tree, beside a balustrade and a garden pavilion, the landscape extending around the body. The domed cover, surmounted by a bud-shaped finial, is […]