A Chinese Dutch-decorated armorial dish for the Dutch market (Nicolaas Langerak from Delft). Qianlong, 1744
The porcelain, Chinese, decorated in Netherlands, with a border depicting putti supporting a garland of flowers and foliage, with a cartouche containing a monogram surmounted by a crown at the top. In the center, the arms of Nicolas Langerak along with a cartouche that reads “Ns Langerak, 1744.”
A fine and small robin’s egg glazed baluster vase. 18th century
The baluster vase is decorated overall in an attractive mottled blue and turquoise glaze.
A plate for the Dutch market (Sichterman). Yongzheng
Decorated in rouge-de-fer and gold with brown, green, purple and blue. On the rim, there is a spiraling scroll border with bamboo, two groups of flowering plants and a gate, two Chinese pavilions or pagodas and above a coat of arms repeated. At the cavetto, there is a honeycomb diaper border with four reserves filled […]
A Chinese famille verte guglet water bottle. Kangxi
Pear-shaped with a slightly flaring mouth, decorated with six vertical panels of flowering plants and cockerels in the famille verte palette on a “rouge-de-fer” and white floral ground, a cell diaper and green lotus leaves around the neck.
A Neo-classical Chinese Export “loving cup” and cover. Qianlong period
Of U-shaped form bowl, decorated in the famille rose palette, with on either side with a burning brazier with ram’s heads and feet and a curling snake between its three legs. The cup is flanked by two molded handles on each side, supported by a cylindrical stem and splaying foot, the tiered cover with a […]
A Chinese famille rose “fishing” tea bowl. Yongzheng
The eggshell tea bowl and the saucer are unusually large, they are decorated in the famille rose palette and depict a fishing scene. On a junk in the middle of a river, a man is pulling in a fishing net, accompanied by a woman and a child. On the left bank of the river, a […]
A massive famille verte charger with the Romance of the Western Chamber. China, Kangxi
Decorated in the famille verte palette and enameled with three tiers of panels surrounding a central scene, all illustrating the Romance of the Western Chamber, the rim with a frieze of various cell-patterns and auspicious objects, the underside with an underglaze blue artemisia leaf mark within a double circle.
A turquoise-glazed elephant water pot. China, Kangxi
The biscuit depicts an elephant lying on its side. It is covered with a bright turquoise-glaze.
A figure of a Dutchman with a monkey. Kangxi
Among the more engaging Western-style figures to be produced in Dehua is this porcelain model of a Dutchman seated on a fabric-draped platform decorated with birds and flowers. Enticed by a banana held in the man’s left hand, a monkey climbs up the sitter’s right leg.
A rare pair of aubergine-shape tureens. Qianlong
Both tureens in the shape of an aubergine with its stem and leaves and a squirrel on the cover. They are decorated in underglaze blue with sprays of flowers on the sides. The oval polylobed stands have the same decoration.
