A Chinese famille verte armorial lobed “Province dish” with the arms of Hainaut. Kangxi period.
Painted in the famille verte palette and gilt, the center with the coat-of-arms of the Dutch province of Henegouwen (Hainaut), above the legend ‘Henegovw’ on a ground of birds, butterflies and flower-sprays, bordered by lotus-petal panels of figures in gardens alternating with vases and jardinières of flowers on a diaper-pattern ground.
A Chinese rouge-de-fer « Governor Duff » cup. Yongzheng period.
Finely decorated rouge-de-fer with a European couple, traditionnaly thought to be Governor Duff and his wife, standing on a garden terrace beside a hound.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with The Judgment of Paris. Qianlong period.
Decorated in famille rose enamels, the centre depicting Paris wearing rose drapery, holding a staff, seated on an iron-red rock beside his recumbent hound, offering a golden apple to Venus flanked by Juno and Minerva, with Cupid seated at their feet, the rim bordered by iron-red delineated gilt shells and foliate scrolls.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a lady playing a qin. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in the famille rose palette, the centre with quatrefoil panel with a seated lady playing a qin in front of a black cabinet, on her right two vases and a tree, another vase on her left side, all reserved on a grisaille swastika diaper ground with overglaze red and gold scrollwork, the floral rim […]
A large Chinese powder-blue ground dish decorated with famille verte panels. Kangxi period.
Decorated in famille verte enamels with a phoenix and flowers, enclosed in barbed, circular and fan-shaped panels reserved on the powder-blue ground.
A large Chinese famille verte wine cooler decorated with birds and peonies. Kangxi period.
Decorated in famille verte enamels, with birds amidst flowering peony vine and flanked by a pair of yellow lion mask handles.
A Chinese famille verte bowl decorated with deers. Kangxi period.
Decorated in famille verte enamels with deers, waves and clouds.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with figures. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in famille rose enamels, with figures. On the rim, sprays of flowers.
A pair of Chinese famille rose plates decorated with geese. Late Yongzheng period.
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with four geese amongst rockwork and flowers. On the rim are painted sprays of peonies.
A Chinese blue & white plate decorated with figures. Kangxi period.
Decorated in underglazed blue, the raised center is decorated with an interior scene with figures, surrounded by prunus, peonies, chrysanthemums and water lilies. The everted rim is decorated with further scenes of ladies.