A large and unusual Chinese famille rose “La Dame au Parasol” dish. Qianlong period.
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with scalloped rim, painted with the famous scene of a lady standing before waterbirds as her attendant shades her with a parasol, the fluted border with pendant swags of ribbon-tied objects and peony.
A pair of Chinese export armorial plates for the dutch market (Jonge). Qianlong period.
Painted in the centre with the dutch arms of de Jonge (or de Jongh), heightened in blue and green enamel, iron-red, gilt and silver encircled in the cavetto by an underglaze-blue floral, bead and scroll band, the rim with four precious objects and flower sprays encircled by a chain linked border, the underside with underglaze-blue […]
A set of four Chinese famille rose “Red Tobacco Leaf” plates. Qianlong period.
Enamelled in the famille rose palette, with stylised sliced pomegranate and hibiscus amidst serrated leaves, in pale green, iron-red, pink and brown enamels.
An extremely large Chinese blue and white charger decorated with a large pagoda and figures. Kangxi period.
Painted in underglaze blue and decorated with a pavilion flanked by a bird perched on a tall column, a similar bird on stylised triangular rockwork, a figure who looks European and two worshipers, within tall asters and a matching border at the rim, and beneath a similar spray of asters.
A Chinese glass cooler for the French market with the coat of arms of the marquis de Visdelou de Bonamour. Qianlong period.
Decorated with the coat of arms of François-césar de Visdelou de Bonamour, seigneur de Liscouët.
A Chinese famille rose tobacco leaf plate. Qianlong period.
Of barbed and lobed outline, enameled with the classic pattern in vivid famille rose colors, underglaze blue and gilt, a very large passion flower in pink and yellow shown against the leaves.
Two Chinese turquoise glazed water droppers modelled as mythical fish. Kangxi period.
Decorated in turquoise glazed and modelled as as mythical fish.
A Chinese doucai dish decorated with chrysanthemum and peony. Kangxi period.
Painted with a central lotus roundel within a broad band of peonies, chrysanthemums and lotus, the rim with floral cartouches on a geometric ground.
A large Chinese famille rose “Mandarin duck” charger. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in the famille rose palette and gilt with two mandarin ducks, one swimming and one in flight, beside a large lotus flower, surrounded by shaped cartouches enclosing flowers and roundels.
A pair of Chinese Imari “La dame au parasol” plates after a design of Pronk. Qianlong period.
Decorated in underglaze-blue, iron-red and gilt with ‘La Dame au Parasol’ after a design by Cornelis Pronk, the central scene with a lady holding a parasol above another woman standing near waterfowl on a grassy bank, within a narrow band of flower-sprays at the well, the border with figural and bird cartouches on a honey-comb […]