A Chinese famille verte biscuit figure of a woman and a squirrel. Kangxi
The figure has been molded and decorated in the famille verte enamels, with a yellow coat over a green undergarment, and holds a bag in her left hand. Covering her right hand is a cloth, left in the biscuit with remnants of cold-painted red pigment, upon which is perched an aubergine-glazed tree squirrel. The hair […]
A very massive Chinese blue and white “Folly Fort” platter. Qianlong
The center of the platter depicts a landscape of the Pearl River and the city of Canton far in the distance. The center of the scene presents the Dutch folly fort-one of the old folly forts used as warehouses for Chinese products in the process of being exported to the West. Around the fort can […]
A Chinese famille verte biscuit cockerel. Kangxi
The cockerel finely modeled, standing rock work base with grass, the details of his plumage ridged, incised and splashed in colored glazes. Eyes, ears, comb and wattles are left in biscuit.
A Chinese famille verte biscuit of the He He Erxian. Kangxi
Decorated in the famille verte on the biscuit, one holding a fly whisk, the other a lotus leaf branch, both standing on an aubergine-glazed pierced rock work base sprayed with yellow-glazed cash, one wearing a green jacket, the other a yellow jacked, their faces, heads and body with a clear glaze, the flat base unglazed, […]
A Chinese blanc-de-chine figure of Liu Hai. Kangxi
The figure of Liu Hai tempting a three-legged toad out of waves with a string of cash.
An iron-red camaieu “Zelis au bain” tea bowl and saucer. Qianlong
Very finely painted in iron-red camaieu with a continuous overall scene depicting an amorous couple embracing amid trees and flowers in a wooded garden setting. A floral garland is suspended above them with Cupid hovering beneath it, he holds a torch in one hand and wreath on the other. The tea bowl is painted in […]
A famille rose fluted tea bowl and saucer decorated with a European lady. Yongzheng
Decorated in the famille rose enamels with a European figure in a long robe picked out in sepia and with gilt highlights, reclining on a day-bed, the convex fluted sides with flowering stems extending across panels of different diaper patterns.
An unusual and very fine Chinese famille verte biscuit figure of Cao Guo-jiu. Kangxi
The immortal standing on a rectangular sancai base, decorated in famille verte enamels, the face beard and left hand covered. He is holding a hu tablet.
A Chinese Export dish “le moine entreprenant” after Francis Hayman. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, depicting a monk catching a woman under a tree, after a painting of Francis Hayman (1708-1776).
An unrecorded Chinese armorial cup for the French market (comte de Goyon). Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with garlands of flowers and the coat of arms of the Goüyon family (Goyon) in a rocaille style, D’argent au lion de gueules couronné d’or. It is surrounded by two banners, the first of Goüyon, the second of the maison de Rieux, D’azur, à dix besants d’or (ici neuf). The maison […]