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.
Two famille verte biscuit models of pyramids of lychees. China, Kangxi
Each modeled as a tiered pyramid of clustered lychees rising from a fluted circular base, the fruits realistically rendered with their distinctive textured skins in green, yellow, and aubergine enamels, interspersed with green leaves. The pyramids are arranged in three ascending registers, surmounted by a single large fruit at the top. The naturalistic modelling and […]
A pair of famille verte lotus water droppers. China, Kangxi
Naturalistically modeled in the form of a lotus leaf and seedpod, each water dropper is formed with a bowl from the upturned leaf. The piece is decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, the exterior and interior covered in translucent green, while the tops of the seedpods are picked out in aubergine. A long […]
A very rare and large wall vase depicting a court lady riding a horse. China, Qianlong
This finely modeled porcelain figure depicts a Chinese court lady riding a horse, decorated in famille rose enamels. The elegant rider is dressed in a richly decorated robe adorned with multicolored floral motifs and bordered with geometric patterns. Her delicate face, with serene expression and finely drawn features, is framed by an elaborate coiffure adorned […]