A Chinese turquoise glazed vase cong. Kangxi
Of square section and decorated to each side in relief with the Trigrams, bagua and to the center with the yin and yang.
A Chinese verte-Imari ‘south sea bubble plate’. Yongzheng
Decorated for the Dutch market with a Commedia dell’Arte figure, satirizing the financial crash of 1720.
A Chinese famille rose bowl decorated with an elephant. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with an elephant.
A Chinese famille rose cup and saucer. Yongzheng
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a pheasant.
A pair of Chinese famille rose ‘cockerels’ tea bowls and saucers. Yongzheng
Of circular form with deep straight sides, and decorated with a central cockerel, and radiating fan-like designs in gold and rose diaper with famille rose flowers on the rim on a gilt background.
A pair of blue and white La Dame au Parasol tea bowls. Qianlong
Painted with a Cornelius Pronk design of Dame au Parasol, with two figures beside two cranes.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with two ladies in a garden. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a scene of two ladies in a garden holding fans, with a gilded flower scroll border.
A Chinese Blanc-de-Chine figural group of the ‘Laughing Twins’, Hehe Erxian. Kangxi
Depicting the two Taoist immortals He and He, one holding a sceptre.
A Chinese blue and white vase rouleau. Kangxi
Decorated in underglaze blue, the body with floral sprays between wide blue-ground lappet bands, filled with leafy scrollwork.
A very fine Chinese famille verte plate decorated with two kingfishers. Kangxi
Decorated in the famille verte palette, with two kingfishers, one in flight – the other perched, among various flowering plants and within a border of crickets and flowers on a seeded ground.