A Chinese armorial oval dish for the Irish / Indian market (Caulfeild). Daoguang
This oval dish is richly decorated in famille rose enamels with a central armorial crest enclosed within a green medallion. The coat of arms is that of Caulfeild, Barry of ten argent and gules, on a canton of the second a lion passant gardant or ; with crest, A dragon’s head erased gules gorged with […]
A royal coffee or chocolate cup for the King Louis XV. China, Yongzheng
The cup is decorated in the famille verte palette with translucent enamels and features the decor ordered for Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774). The main motif is an underglaze blue spray of peonies supporting a chrysanthemum flower, surmounted by a basket of citrus fruit. Additional motifs include fans and chrysanthemum heads in rounded cartouches. […]
An unrecorded armorial cup and saucer for a member of the House of Condé (France). China, Qianlong
The cup and the saucer are decorated in the famille rose palette, with a gilt border of shell and foliage motifs. The center of the saucer bears the coat of arms of the House of Condé painted in a rocaille cartouche under clouds, De France au bâton péri en bande de gueules en abîme, under […]
A large eggshell famille rose tea bowl and saucer decorated with two huntsmen. China, Yongzheng
The eggshell tea bowl and saucer are unusually large, decorated in the famille rose palette and depict two noble huntsmen wearing rich hunting clothes on horseback returning from the hunt, with a dog happily running in front. They are both smoking long pipes, deep in conversation. One of them is holding a bow and arrows. […]
A large eggshell famille rose tea bowl and saucer decorated with cockerels
The eggshell saucer has a circular central panel decorated with a conventional motif in different shades of pink. Around it are four panels, two of them adorned with finely ena- meled roosters in natural colors, each bird is capped by a pink diapered border. The other panels are filled with an elaborate design of foliage […]
A royal mustard pot for the French market For Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774). China, Yongzheng
The mustard pot is decorated in the famille verte palette with translucent enamels and features the decor ordered for Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774). The main motif is an underglaze blue double lotus leaves holding a chrysanthemum flower, itself surmounted by a basket with citrus fruit. Additional motifs on the pot include a spray […]
A sancai-glazed figure of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra. China, Ming
The bodhisattva Samantabhadra is seated in “royal ease” (lalitasana) on an ele- phant. The deity wears a flowering robe part- ly covering his bejeweled torso and fastened at the waist by long tassels. His face has a meditative expression, with downcast eyes and a serene smile. He is wearing a diadem set with a cintamani […]
A pair of Chinese armorial plates for the Belgian market (Mozzoni Frosconi – Proli). Qianlong
These plates are decorated in the famille rose enamels with the coat of arms of the Mozzoni and Frosconi families, with coupé au 1 de gueules à trois aigles d’argent couronné d’or, which is Mozzoni Frosconi : au 2 d’or à un chateau à deux tours de gueules coiffé d’un aigle bicéphale de sable couronné […]
A pair of European subject enamelled copper square dishes. Qianlong
The dishes with short straight sides and indented corners, each standing on four curved feet. Both are decorated with polychrome enamels on a white ground, with a very wide color palette that includes pink, yellow, orange, blue, purple, green, brown, black, and gold. The dishes depict a lady gazing at herself in a rectangular mirror […]
A Chinese European subject grisaille plate. Qianlong
Decorated in grisaille, with a central scene depicting Minerva standing over and protecting the sleeping Telemachus from Cupid and Venus amongst clouds.