A Chinese armorial blog dish for the French / Italian market (Guérin de Tencin).Qianlong
Decorated in rouge-de-fer and gilt, with four sprays of flowers, spearheads, and at the center, the coat-of-arms of the Guérin de Tencin family enclosed within an Italian-style shield, d’or, au laurier de sinople, au chef de gueules, chargé d’une étoile (ici besabt) d’or côtoyée de deux besants de même,(here represented as a besant) . Above the […]
An unusual Chinese famille rose European-subject tea bowl. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, enamelled in fine detail with a large roundel depicting two ladies seated in an interior, being offered a dish of fruit by a gentleman in a blue frock-coat, the remaining fruit in a basket on a table beside them together with a large serving spoon.
A blanc-de-chine censer with the impressed mark Chenghua. Kangxi
Well potted on a splayed foot, the compressed globular body rising to an everted rim, flanked at the sides with a pair of lion head finials, under a thick glaze, the base impressed with an impressed mark Chenghua.
A chinese famille rose tray for the Iberian market. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, inspired by italian porcelain and decorated with large floral arabesques and strapwork panelling.
An unusual and large Chinese blue and white reticulated food warmer. Qianlong
Of oval form, with a flat base, the bottom unglazed, and similar flat, with a reticulated top ; the front with a rectangular opening. It is decorated in underglaze blue with flowers sprays and bouquets in oval panels with a cockerel on the left, and a “Fitzhugh” border around the rim.
A Chinese famille verte dish from the Dresden collection. Kangxi
Decorated in famille verte enamels with a lady holding a fan and a boy in a rocky garden with a fence. The left of the background is decorated with the roof of a pavilion in clouds and a moon. The rim is painted with four cartouches reserved on a ground with lotus flowers and scrolls. […]
A Chinese armorial sauceboat for the French market. Qianlong
After a silver form,, with the coat-of-arms of the third marquis de la Plesnoye, Charles de la Fons, D’argent, à trois hures de sanglier de sable and Anne-Elisabeth d’Espinoy, d’Azur à trois besants d’or, rangés en bande.
A large Chinese famille rose “standing lady” candle holder. Yongzheng
Crisply modeled as a standing lady wearing-brightly enameled blue, yellow and pink long flowing robe, looking directly forwards and holding a cup that serves as a candleholder at her left side, standing on a pierced square base.
A Chinese famille rose “Le Pasteur galant” teapot. Qianlong
The teapot is decorated in the famille rose palette depicting a richly dressed man presenting a garland of flowers to a young shepherdess next to an architectural ruin, after François Boucher. At his feet lie three sheep, along with his hat, cane, and a bouquet of flowers. In contrast, the man who was originally depicted […]
A Chinese armorial plate for the Spanish market (Juana Bucareli y Baiza, Grandee of Spain). Qianlong, ca. 1775
The plate is decorated in the famille rose palette with a garland of pink leaves and flowers of different species delicately painted in gold looped between triple rings which are suspended from the rim. To the center, the coat of arms of Juana Antonia Bucareli y Bean 4th Marquise of Vallehermoso, Grandee of Spain, 6th […]