A Chinese biscuit bowl decorated with flowering branches. Kangxi
The exterior incised with a repeating pattern of flowering branches, painted in green, yellow, and aubergine-brown enamels.
Two famille verte biscuit sweat meat dishes. Kangxi
Decorated in the famille verte / famille jaune palette, with the Antiquities.
A large Chinese famille rose figure of Tong-fang-cho, Patron of goldsmiths. Late 18th century
Decorated in famille rose enamels, and standing on a plinth, holding the peaches stolen from Si-wang-mou.
A Chinese famille rose pot-pourri jar. Yongzheng
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with court ladies in garden pavilions, the border with blooms, on a short pedestal foot, the cover with pointed button knop, pierced to emit scent.
A Chinese green enamel biscuit “horse” water dropper. Kangxi
Decorated in green enamels, the horse lying down, with a harness.
A Chinese famille verte biscuit-enamelled conical bowl. Kangxi
The flaring Brinjal-type bowl, decorated on the biscuit with green, yellow and aubergine-purple enamels in a loose “egg-and-spinach” pattern the base glazed white and with an underglaze-blue seal mark
A Chinese famille verte biscuit-enamelled conical bowl. Kangxi
The flaring Brinjal-type bowl incised to the exterior with three floral branches and glazed in yellow and aubergine on a green ground, the interior with a similarly decorated lingzhi, the base glazed white and with an underglaze-blue seal mark
A Chinese “Chrysanthemum” salt cellar. Kangxi
Decorated in underglaze blue, shaped to the top as a chrysanthemum, the moulded petals painted with flowers, supported on a wide pierced base decorated with further flowers.
A Chinese famille rose double peacock tureen. Qianlong
Of large size, decorated in the classic pattern showing a peacock and peahen perched on rockwork in a garden growing with large, lush peony blooms alongside smaller flowers, the octagonal rims enameled with floral sprays and edged in a narrow iron-red border, the tureen with rabbit-head handles and asymmetrical scroll knop.
A Chinese famille rose tobacco leaf plate. Qianlong period
Enameled in the classic pattern with vivid famille rose colors, underglaze blue and gilt highlights