A large Chinese blue and white “dragon and carp” dish. Kangxi
Painted in tones of cobalt blue with a large sinewy dragon thrusts its self up through crashing waves and chasing the flaming pearl. On the left a carp is mutating into a small dragon and leaps from the foaming sea. The border with crashing waves and prunus flower-heads, the back of the dish with a seal mark.
A Chinese blanc-de-chine figure of Guanyin. Late Ming dynasty, ca. 1630
Guanyin seated on rock work throne, in the position of royal ease, rajalalitasana, her right hand resting on her knee, her left hand concealed beneath long flowing robes extending to a cowl with a ruyi-head tiara above her detailed hair, covered in a rich cream glaze.
A Chinese famille rose ‘Autumn’ plate with troubadors. Qianlong
Painted to the center of the plate with a large roundel with three ‘troubadours’, with one, a dandified male wearing flowing locks, tricorn hat, billowing robes, ribboned stockings and smart shoes, seated on rockwork and strumming at his lyre alongside barrels and two standing figures, one female, playing a triangle, the other male, with castenets, […]
A famille verte biscuit water-dropper in the shape of Liu Hai. Kangxi
The smiling figure is modelled wearing a sleeveless garment and trousers, he holds a coin in his left hand and his raised right hand raised holding a lotus. He is seated on a large three-legged toad decorated in green enamels and eyes picked out in black.
A dark aubergine-violet glazed “ bowl. Kangxi
The bowl is moulded on the exterior with a double ring and incised with motif of thin lines.
A dark aubergine-violet glazed “magnolia” libation cup. Kangxi
Modeled in the shape of an open magnolia flower calyx on a tem visible at the underside.
A pair of Chinese brush washers decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
In the form of small, white-soled shoe; glazed in green, with raised detailing in brown. The shoes has traces of black staining in the unglazed interiors, indicating it was used for rinsing inky brushes. Those charming objects were not merely functional items, but also conversation pieces with symbolic meanings.
A Chinese blue and white jar with two archaistic floral dragons. Kangxi
The oviform jar is finely potted and decorated in cobalt blue with two three-clawed archaistic floral dragons grasping a lotus sprays around the body interspersed with ruyi-clouds, flames and two of the Eight Treasures (the double Cash coins and the Artemisia leaf). Half of the body of the dragon already became like a part of […]
A turquoise figure of Shoulao. Ming dynasty
A turquoise, yellow-ocre and purple-glazed figure of Shoulao, the Daoist god of Longevity, seated on a deer, at his feet a tortoise. The head and hands in biscuit, the underside of the base is unglazed.
A large and very fine famille rose figure of the immortal He Xiangu. Qianlong
He Xiangu is wearing a long richly decorated polychrome robe. The neckline is outlined by a scalloped blue, yellow and red motif, the long sleeves are embroidered with pink peonies against a green background, their folds match the pink and ivory colors of the front of the robe and blend into the skirt. She is […]