A Chinese famille verte cruet-stand. Kangxi period.
Of silvered form, painted in famille verte enamels with sprays of flowers.
A very large Chinese “blanc de Chine” libation cup. Kangxi period.
Libation cup “Blanc de Chine” with wavy rim and spreading foot. The sides are moulded with a prunus branch, a dragon pursuing a pearl and a ch’i-lin on one side, and a pine branch, crane, moon and tiger on the other. Porcelain of cold grayish-white tone.
A Chinese famille verte plate decorated with a scene of the Romance of the Western Chamber. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte palette, in the center a horseman with his servant, a building in the background surrounded by a fence. On the left a table with precious objects such as a flower vase, an incense-burner and a brush pot, books, a weir board, a lute wrapped in a cloth, ans scrolls with […]
A Chinese famille verte dish with the figure of Mu Guyiying. Kangxi period.
Painted in the famille verte palette, with wide and narrow lotus-shaped panels in low relief on the sides, and an everted scalloped rim, with a woman with long feathers in her hair on horseback, a soldier with a flag on foot and the upper half of a tent in the foreground. The panels filled with […]
A Chinese famille verte platter decorated with a crenelated wall. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte palette with a crenelated wall and pagodas, within a floral border and moulded gadrooned rim.
A Chinese famille verte biscuit “sea horse” sweet meat dish. Kangxi period.
Of hexagonal section, the green ground covered with a brown horse amid swirling waves, auspicious emblems and florets.
A Chinese famille verte plate decorated with figures. Kangxi period.
Painted in the famille verte palette, with two figures. and jars.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with pheasants. Yongzheng period.
Pinted in the famille rose palette with two pheasants, peonies, rocks and pomegranate.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with figures. Yongzheng period.
Painted in the famille rose palette, with three figures in a garden with a phoenix.
A Chinese famille rose three pieces garniture. Yongzheng period.
Each vase brightly enamelled in the famille rose palette, with pheasants on rockwork beside peony, comprising one baluster vase and covers and a pair of beaker vases.