Five figures of parrots decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Naturalistically moulded in two halves, perched on a pierced rock work base and with folded wings, heads turned slightly to the right or the left, the beaks open. The body are decorated with shades of green enamel and the eyes are pencilled in black, while the claws and beak are left in the biscuit. The […]
A Chinese blue and white jar with a Dutch silver mounts. Kangxi period
Decorated with underglaze blue, with an ice-ground and prunus flowers.
A Chinese famille rose “Dutch folly fort” butter dish and stand. Qianlong period
Painted with a view of the Dutch folly fort on the Pearl River within a scroll border in underglaze-blue, the rim with butterflies and shaped cell-patterned panels.
An unusual pair of Chinese famille rose Pronk “Arbor” octogonal salt cellars. Qianlong period
Of octogonal form, decorated after the Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk’s design with the classic topiary garden scene, the border with cartouches of moths, butterflies, flowers and fruits.
A large Chinese famille rose dish decorated with “The Hundred Antiquities”. Yongzheng period
Decorated with vibrant enamels, with “The Hundred Antiquities” and peonies.
A Chinese famille rose “goldfish” bowl. Yongzheng period
Decorated to the exterior and to the interior with iron-red and gilt or en grisaille goldfish swimming amongst gilt water-weed.
A Chinese Blanc-de-Chine / Dehua elephant. Kangxi period
The elephant standing foursquare, with a plump body, a slightly inclined to the right head, with its trunk brought back along its body, with short tusks.
A Chinese famille rose « Madame de Pompadour » dish. Qianlong period
Brightly enamelled in the famille rose palette, to the interior with a peony medallion encircled at the rim by floral sprays and seed pods flanking cartouches alternately enclosing a fish or an eagle.
A pair of Chinese armorial dishes for the French market (Philibert Orry, royal finance minister under Louis XV). Yongzheng period
With the arms of Orry, de gueule à un lion rampant et grimpant sur un rocher d’argent, in colors and gilt with a rocaille surrounded by a vividly enameled foliate border, the rim scalloped.
Four very large Chinese Blanc-de-Chine / Dehua Buddhist lions. Kangxi period
Sitting on a rectangular plinth with a wish granting ball under one paw and a ribbon in their jaws. Finished with an incense holder at the back and a tasseled collar around their neck that descends to a plumage on the rear.