A Chinese famille rose plate after Maria Sybille Merian. Qianlong period
Finely enamelled at the centre with a white-bodied caterpillar crawling on the leaf of a blue iris, beside another with green body crawling amongst the petals of an orchid, a butterfly hovering above, enclosed by an underglaze blue and gilt floral band in the well and a broad band of elaborate strap work, acanthus leaves […]
A very large Chinese Blanc-de-Chine figure of Guanyin. Kangxi period
Modelled holding a young boy in her right arm, wearing loose robes and standing on a rockwork mound.
A pair of Chinese yellow glazed biscuit dishes. Kangxi
Decorated with yellow enamels.
A Chinese green enamel biscuit dish. Kangxi
Decorated with green enamel.
A Chinese yellow glazed brush rest. Kangxi period
Of rectangular box-shaped, with three openings on the top for holding brushes. The top surface is also pierced with three openwork cash-shaped designs above a hallow space.
A pair of Chinese “egg and spinach” biscuit dishes. Kangxi
Decorated with irregular splashes of ochre, green, cream and brown stopping short of the foot ring.
Two green and yellow glazed brush rests. Kangxi
Decorated with green and yellow enamels and moulded as the five Taoist sacred mountains, with a temple.
Two famille rose figures of immortals. Jiqing
Decorated in the famille rose palette, and standing on a plinthe.
A Chinese famille rose rococo sauce tureen. Qianlong
A Chinese famille rose rococo tureen with its cover, of asymmetrical form with berried knop and colorful, scrolled handles, on a stand molded with shell handles, decorated with loose floral bouquets.
Two Chinese turquoise glazed five peaks mountain brush rests. Kangxi
Decorated in turquoise glazed, with five peaks mountain.