A large Chinese powder-blue dish decorated with a phoenix. Kangxi
Decorated with underglaze powder blue with a decoration of flowering plants in gold, and a central medallion and four fan-shaped panels in reserve filed with different type of birds among flowering lotuses, prunus and chrysanthemum.
A Chinese famille rose figural cup. Yongzheng
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with an elegant lady with a fan seated a fine table with what appears to be an unfurled scroll that she has been contemplating, her attention diverted by what we assume to be her small son who is carrying a ruyi scepter, his presence dwarfed by being sandwiched between […]
Two Blanc-de-Chine whistles / joss-stick holders in the form of a European gentleman. Kangxi
Two whistles, joss-stick holders and waterdroppers in the form of a European gentleman wearing a tricorn hat while kicking a tiger, all on a hexagonal base moulded with deer, lotus, bird and precious objects, covered in a white glaze.
Two Chinese famille verte brush washers. Kangxi
Decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit, in the form of small white-soled shoe; with a pointy up-turned toe and a single black seam over the front. The shoes have traces of black staining in the unglazed interiors, indicating they were used for rinsing inky brushes.
A Chinese famille verte lotus water dropper. Kangxi period
Naturalistically modeled in the form of a lotus leaf and seedpod, with a bowl formed by the upturned leaf. It is painted with famille verte enamels on the biscuit, the exterior is painted with a light green and yellow enamels, while the interior of the bowl and the top of the seedpod are painted in […]
A Chinese armorial neoclassical ‘portrait’ plate for the Danish market. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, in overglaze polychrome enamels, including pink, green, iron red, black and gold. At the centre is a large medallion with a wavy frieze framed by gold circles enclosing the bust-length portrait of the Roman goddess Minerva wearing a Corinthian helmet in a pink ground. There is also a pink […]
A rare and fine Dutch-decorated mythological saucer dish. Yongzheng / Qianlong
A Chinese porcelain dish, with a glaze porcelain carved with scrolling foliage, and decorated in Holland after the engraving of Bernard Picard (1673-1732) for Ovid’s Metamorphoses (1732) and depicting Demeter (Ceres) relinquishing her dragons to Triptolemus.
A Chinese famille verte spice box. Kangxi
Decorated in the famille verte palette decorated with ladies, boys and flowers.
Two Chinese small biscuit glazed ‘squirrel’ water pots. Kangxi
Decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit, modeled holding fruiting vine branches in his mouth, and facing slightly to the left.
A Chinese famille verte covered pot. Kangxi
Covered pot and cover on a hight splayed foot with domed, unglazed base and glazed centre ; with a cylindrical body with two square handles moulded as two opposed monster heads. Decorated in the famille verte palette on both sides with tables and stands bearing flowers vases and antiquities, including a figure of a dragon […]