A Chinese famille rose wall vase. Yongzheng / Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette and modelled as a pique-fleurs with scalloped sides, the wavy rim decorated with lappet-shaped whorl-pattern borders enriched with peonies above two similar horizontal bands, the inner rim and back pierced with apertures.
A Chinese famille rose coffee pot. Yongzheng
Of pear shape with long curving spout and hight curved handle, the body and cover with applied moulded lotus stems and leaves, and painted with cockerels among peonies in riche famille rose enamels.
A Chinese famille rose coffee pot. Qianlong
Of cylindrical form, with rococo spout and pistol grip handle set as right angles, the cover with strawberry finial, and decorated in the famille rose palette with ladies and children in garden.
A chinese tea bowl and saucer. Yongzheng
Of polylobed form, and decorated with a boy herding three goats next to a prunus.
A Chinese seated figure. Ming dynasty
A heavily-potted made figure seated on a large rectangular pedestal, with a tall three-panel screen behind him. He wears a court headdress and long robes. The robes are painted in turquoise and aubergine enamels. His face, hat and feet are left in biscuit.
A Chinese famille rose mandarins square teapot and a jardiniere. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with mandarins, the mounts is French 19th.
A Chinese armorial charger for the Spanish Market (José Raón y Gutiérrez, Governor of the Philippines). Qianlong period
Enamelled in the famille rose palette and gilt with a central coat-of-arms for Raón y Guttiérrez, quarterly: 1. or, a gallows, in chief an arm holding a knife argent;2. azure, a tree with a wolf sable against the trunk; 3. or, four bends or and over-all a knife argent;4. azure, a tower argent between two […]
Exceptional part tea set decorated with Kronborg Castle for the Danish market. Yongzheng
A topographical Chinese export porcelain teapot and cup and saucer depicting numerous Danish merchant ships moored offshore Kronborg Castle in Denmark—a scene copied directly from an engraving by Johann August Corvinus from a series of six prints published c. 1718 titled “Vorstellung Der Remarqabelsten Prospecten in Denemarken,” depicting six of the most remarkable scenes in […]
A famille rose topographical tea cup and saucer. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette and gold, with narrow band, scrolling vine, pendant blossoms, and bunches of grapes at the rim, central scene of a four-story walled building with raised drawbridge, gatehouses, and a moat in a landscape of overarching trees.
A Chinese famille rose domed cover decorated with flowers. Yongzheng / Qianlong period
Bell-shaped domed cover with a small rim and mushroom-shaped finial on top. The decoration painted in famille rose enamels and gilding, with several different diapers and treillis patterned bands on the outside, the central design prunus and peonies.