A ‘Blanc-de-Chine’ Dehua figure of “Adam”. Kangxi period.
Standing barefoot on a rockwork base, his arms crossed in front, both hands clasping the ends of the short skirt draped around his waist, his upper torso bare, his head facing forward with smiling expression, his hair combed back behind his ears and falling to his shoulders.
A pair of Chinese famille rose petal-shaped plates decorated with flowers. Yongzheng period.
Of lotus petal-shaped form and decorated in the famille rose enamels, with peonies and lotus.
A Chinese water buffalo. Qianlong period.
Decorated in grisaille.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with pheasants. Yongzheng period.
A famille rose plate with a central scene of two pheasants on a blue rock with tree peony, the rim brightly enamelled with fruiting vine.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a hunting scene. Qianlong period.
Of octogonal form, decorated in famille verte and famille rose enamels, bianco-sopra-bianco, and gold, with honeycomb-diaper panels and alternating floral sprays on the rim, scale-pattern border framed in the well by a narrow bands and scrollwork, central scene of two hounds in pursuit of a spotted stag near a gnarled tree.
A rare Chinese famille rose dish decorated with figures. Yongzheng period.
A rare famille rose dish, decorated with figures, the scene represent probably an episode from the Romance of the Western Chamber.
A very large Chinese famille rose dish decorated with a lady and her sons. Yongzheng period.
The design of this large yongzheng dish depicts the ideals of a Chinese mother with her sons in a cultured setting. In the center is standing a beautiful lady in an interior domestic scene, elegantly dressed. She is surrounded by three small boys ; the first one behind her, the second cling on her back and the […]
A very large Chinese famille verte-imari dish decorated with the generals of the Yang family. Kangxi period.
The centre enameled in the famille verte palette with eight female warriors on horseback being overlooked by a matriach and her attendants on a balcony, the broad everted rim with verte-Imari scrolling flowers, the reverse with three iron-red and underglaze blue prunus sprays.
A Chinese famille verte armorial provinces dish with the arms of Artois. Kangxi period.
Painted and gilt to the center with the coat-of-arms and inscribed « Artoÿs » on a ground of birds, butterflies and flower-sprays, within a moulded floriform border containing panels of figures in gardens alternating with vases and jardinieres of flowers on a diaper-pattern ground.
A pair of Chinese famille rose plates with figures. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in famille rose enamels including yellow, the scene runs to the border and is entirely without European influence. A Chinese man on his horse fording a river while his heavily laden servant wades behind him. The enamels are particularly rich.