A Chinese famille rose tea caddy and cover. Yongzheng
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a gilt medallion with peony, magnolia and finger citron and a pierced ribboned vase with bamboo sprays alongside. The narrow sides are covered by a blue-enamel ruyi-shaped lappet with gilt-Y-pattern decoration that hangs from a shaped band runs around the top of the sides.
A pair of Chinese export porcelain wall figures. Jiaqing
Decorated in the famille rose palette, and depicting a man and a woman reclining with their heads resting in their hands, designed to be hung on a wall, their forms complimenting each other.
A Chinese armorial platter for the Portuguese market (Joaquim Pedro Quintela). Jiaqing
Brightly enamelled and gilt to the interior with the arms of Joaquim Pedro Quintela, encircled in the well by a blue and gilt key-fret band and at the flaring rim with a broad stylised leaf band in blue and gilt reserved on a buff ground.
A Chinese blanc-de-chine figure of Wenchang. Late Ming
Wenchang seated on rock work, beside his standing attendant the bearded Zhuyi, the distributor of examination results, covered overall in a cream glaze.
A Chinese famille rose charger decorated with mandarin ducks. Yongzheng
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with two mandarin ducks in a lotus pond.
A Chinese famille rose plate “Sanniang teaches her son”. Yongzheng / Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, depicting three Chinese ladies and two boys (one holding a scroll), in a cultured and luxurious lifestyle.
Two large famille rose figures of immortals riding mythical beasts. Qianlong
The two large figures depict two immortals riding riding mythical beasts ; Cao Guojiu with castanets on a white horse, and Lan Caihe with a floral basket on a white elephant.
A rare cylindrical blanc de chine ewer with a square handle. Kangxi
This cylindrical ewer has a rather unusual shape – a square handle and an angular spout. It was probably inspired by a pewter model.
A pair of famille verte tureens, covers and stands. Kangxi / Yongzheng
Modeled after a European faience original, each oval hexagonal tureen has lightly fluted sides and rim, its cover surmounted is surmounted by a finial in the shape of a green-glazed eel doubly-coiled. The cover, sides and stand are brightly enameled and gilded with bold clusters of hibiscus and peony amongst smaller flowers and foliage, all […]
A fine pair of emerald green-glazed parrots. Kangxi
Naturalistically moulded in two halves, perched on a pierced rock work base and with folded wings with plump bodies. The plumage of the parrots very detailed, and glazed with a vibrant emerald green enameling.