A large and very fine Chinese famille verte Lady and cat dish. Kangxi
The large dish decorated in the famille verte palette, with a lady sit next to a table surrounded by a rich furniture with object, playing, amused, a cat in front of her.
A Chinese Sancai ink stick box. Kangxi
The sancai glazed biscuit ink stick box is decorated with crosshatch patterns on the cover.
A Chinese armorial tureen for the French market (Visdelou de Liscouët). Qianlong
Of oblong form, and decorated in the famille rose palette, with the coat of arms of Visdelou, D’argent, à trois têtes de loup de sable, arrachées et lampasses de gueules and Boschat d’Uzel, De sable, au chat passant d’hermines, supportées par deux loups couchés.
A very fine Chinese grisaille plate with the Triumph of Galatea. Qianlong
The plate, decorated en grisaille is decorated with a large medallion depicting Galatea on her chariot, pulled by dolphins and surrounded by Nereids and putti.
A very massive charger for the French market. China, ca. 1720-1725
Decorated in the famille verte palette the coat- of-arms of Louis-Alexandre, comte de Toulouse, D’azur, à trois fleurs de lys d’or, au baton de gueules péri en barre, in the center. The coat-of-arms is surrounded by the collars of the orders of the Golden Fleece and the Holy Spirit. The cavetto is decorated with a […]
A powder blue wine pot. China, Kangxi
The cylindrical wine pot with a broad shoulder tapering toward the foot ring has a S-shaped spout and an ear-shaped handle. It is painted in underglaze powder blue, overglaze famille verte enamels and gold. On each side is a barbed quatrefoil panel outlined in gold and reserved in white. The wine pot presents two distinct […]
A crab-shaped turquoise glazed waterpot. China, Kangxi
The water pot shaped like a crab and covered in a clear turquoise glaze is set on an eggplant plinth.
A famille verte water-dropper. China, Kangxi
The water-dropper is decorated in the famille verte palette and depicts a squirrel approaching grapevines on one of the Daoist Eight Precious Things, an artemisia leaf, a symbol of felicity, healing and health.
Three water droppers modelled as squirrels. China, Kangxi
Decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit and modeled holding vine branches bearing grapes in their mouth and facing slightly to the left.
A pair of famille verte figures depicting a European lady and a gentleman. China, Kangxi
The pair of figures is decorated in the famille verte palette. The gentleman wears a yellow jacket embroidered with flying cranes and Chinese characters in aubergine, a red buttoned shirt and cravat. The figure rest against a green rock formation on a thin rectangular base. The lady wears a green cowl over her high coiffed […]
