A massive Chinese Imari « Governor Duff » charger. Yongzheng period
Finely decorated in the traditional Imari palette, the centre painted with a European couple, traditionally identified as Governor Duff and his wife, standing on a garden terrace beside a hound, within an elaborate floral border incorporating four clusters of the Hundred Antiques.
A pair of Chinese dogs decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi
The pair of dogs have their half-open mouths showing their teeth. They are covered with yellow, green and aubergine enamels on the biscuit. Their eyes glazed black
Two powder blue teapots decorated with mandarin ducks. Kangxi
These two globular teapots, with flaring spouts and loop handles, are covered with a powder-blue glaze. This distinctive “cobalt-powder” tone was achieved at Jingdezhen by blowing a suspension of cobalt pigment onto a previously fired porcelain body; a transparent glaze was then applied over the surface, producing a subtly speckled ground. The gilt decoration depicts […]
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 […]